Friday, May 16, 2014
THE
National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) has
suspended Majra United captain Faizal Mohammad from all football
activities for five years starting from May 14, 2014.Faizal was found guilty of assaulting the referee during their DST Super League match against Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council (MS ABDB) on Tuesday.
MS ABDB had comeback from a 1-0 halftime deficit to lead 3-1 before being awarded a penalty in the 59th minute at the Balapan Track and Field of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas.
Faizal voiced his discontent and shoved the referee for the decision. But before the latter could pull out the red card from his pocket, he was knocked out by the Majra United player, resulting in the game being abandoned.
Majra United were also fined $500 for negligence in managing the team and their rowdy supporters during the match.
In addition, MS ABDB were awarded a 3-0 victory based on Article 57 of NFABD Disciplinary Code.
This was determined by the Disciplinary Committee yesterday after investigations on the matter.
As stated in a press statement, NFABD “takes a serious view on the incident and will not condone such behaviour”.
Majra United assistant manager Hj Mahadi Hj Matzin was disappointed that it happened to his team but knows that they have to move on from the incident.
“We accept the punishment that has been given to us. Our player should be responsible for his actions and accept the ban,” said Hj Mahadi in an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday.
“We, as the management of the team, know the rules of FIFA as well. We knew that the push on the referee would have been a red card.
“But things happened suddenly and it is unfortunate that it happened with our team,” he said.
“We cannot control the things that are happening outside of the pitch though. The organisers should look into it and provide security for every match in a big tournament such as the Super League,” he added in regards to the behaviour of the supporters.
“For now we are waiting for things to cool down (before) motivating the players because there are games still to be played,” continued Hj Mahadi.
MS ABDB manager Major (A) Pg Muhd Mufid Pg Hj Umar Ariffin had mixed feelings despite being awarded the three points.
“We will have to accept the three points and the scoreline as decided by the committee,” said Major (A) Pg Muhd Mufid.
“I believed that we would have dominated the game and scored more goals had we continued to play,” he said.
“But in the end at least we did get all three points and kept up with leaders Indera SC,” he said.
Defending champions Indera SC are currently on 29 points from 11 matches with the armymen following in second place with 22 points to their name.
Majra United are second to the bottom of the 10-team table with five points.
The Brunei Times
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