Sharks awaits the decision on their match against CNA after it was abandoned 10mins into the second-half when a free-for-all occured after Sharks custodian Amran retaliated after a strong challenge when he went down to smother a loose off a corner-kick. The fracas which ensued after that incident meant that there was no way the game could carry on and a decison was made to abandon the game while both teams await the report and assesment from the league organisers.
The game started brightly for the Sharks who were intent to snap out of their 2 consecutive defeats. No less than 5 trialists were introduced for the game as the Sharks looked to reinforce the team in view of their long list of absentees thru injuries. The most interesting addition however was the return of Sarhan who finally resolve his personal commitments to return to the team after a 6 month absence, just in time when the team badly needed some steel in defence. Sharks had a glorious chance to take the lead on 2 occasions but Shah's shot went wide while debutant Nan fluffed his chance in the 6 yard box. CNA however had a chance to take the lead after another debutant Adrian conceded a penalty when he committed a blantant foul in the area but the resulting penalty kick went wide much to the relief of the manager. Both teams ended the first-half tied at 0-0. Second-half haven't got going when the fracas occured after Amran retaliated when a bad challenge when he went down to smother the loose ball off a corner.
'The incident was a shame and it's no excuse on the part of Amran. To be honest however, challenging feet first when a goalkeeper went down to smother the ball was equally dangerous. It's just a pity that no opposing players acted calmly despite numerous attempts to cool the incident off by several Sharks players. We are talking about parents who behaved like 10 year olds.' said the manager.
He added, 'The referee had to take a part of the blame before the incident due to his inconsistent decisions which reached boiling point. There's a difference between a firm and a strict referee. We had neither and what we had was one on an ego-trip right from the first whistle.'
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