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In the match that took place late on October 10, Bahrain played better than Indonesia and controlled the ball 55%. The home team also found the opening goal in the 15th minute after a shot from more than 30 meters away by Mohamed Marhoon. After this goal, Bahrain was still the team controlling the game but the attacking moves of coach Dragan Talajić's students were not very good.

Despite many attacks without scoring, the Bahrain team had to pay the price with 2 goals. In the first half's injury time, Ragnar Oratmangoen helped Indonesia equalize 1-1. In the 74th minute, striker Rafael Struick raised the score to 2-1 for the away team. Notably, the Indonesian team did a very good job of finishing in this match. The Southeast Asian representative shot 5 times, with a 100% target rate, and 2 of them became goals.

It seemed like the match would end with a 2-1 victory for Indonesia, but in the final seconds of extra time, Mohamed Marhoon scored an equalizer for Bahrain.

The match between Indonesia (white shirt) and Bahrain was dramatic.

Mohamed Marhoon's equalizer helped Bahrain retain a valuable point at home and the action-packed action began from there. According to CNN Indonesia , the players, officials and coaching staff of the archipelago immediately went to protest fiercely against the referee team. Head of the delegation Sumardji and coach Shin Tae-yong were the ones who protested the most. Both of them later received red cards from the main referee. On the way off the field, Mr. Sumardji continued to curse and challenge the referee team.

Not stopping there, after the match, defender Shayne Pattynama of the Indonesian team was also involved in a serious brawl with the players and coaching staff of the Bahrain team. Fortunately, midfielder Asnawi Mangkualam quickly discovered and ran to stop it. After the incident, the delegation of the Indonesian team also asked the security force to escort Shayne Pattynama out.

The match turned chaotic at the end as the Indonesian team protested against the referee.

Bola Times reported that referee Ahmed Al Kaf’s confusing decision during extra time was the reason for the heated match. Tens of thousands of Indonesian fans were angry when their team lost points and they went to the pages of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Bahrain Football Federation to express their anger. On page X (formerly Twitter), many Indonesian fans also asked the AFC to re-evaluate referee Ahmed Al Kaf and hoped that the Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) would file a complaint with FIFA.

“The second half was announced to have 6 minutes of added time, but Ahmed Al Kaf dragged the match to the 9th minute of added time, helping the Bahrain team equalize. The Omani referee should have blown his whistle in the 7th minute of added time - which was 1 minute longer than the announced time - but he did not. Indonesian fans are confused and angry at Ahmed Al Kaf's decision. Coach Shin Tae-yong is angry with the referee. The assistants were warned, some were even sent off for overreacting. As soon as the match resumed and entered the 10th minute, also known as the 100th minute, the "action movie" was officially ended by the referee,” commented the Bola Times .

Players from both teams had to have their heads bandaged due to the fierce collision earlier.

Sharing with Bola Times , Mr. Arya Sinulingga, a member of PSSI, confirmed that he would send a letter of protest to AFC and FIFA about the referee's decisions. Mr. Arya Sinulingga assessed that the decisions of referee Ahmed Al Kaf, culminating in the final minutes of the match, were one-sided, in favor of the Bahrain team.

Meanwhile, coach Shin Tae-yong also expressed his dissatisfaction: “I still have to mention some shameful things, in this case it was the referee's decision. If the AFC wants to develop, decisions like this match must change. Anyone who watched this match will understand why our players were angry. The referee's decisions were all wrong.”

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hau-truong-xau-xi-tran-indonesia-hoa-bahrain-nhu-phim-hanh-dong-au-da-nghiem-trong-185241011023040828.htm