The precise nature of Igor Stimac’s punishment for his purple card towards Kuwait within the SAFF championship match can be recognized by Thursday, June 29, Sportstar has discovered.
The Indian head coach, who already served a one-match suspension after seeing a purple card in India’s opening towards Pakistan, can be absent for the Blue Tigers’ semifinal conflict towards Lebanon for his second purple card of the event within the dwelling crew’s closing group-stage match towards Kuwait on Tuesday.
India assistant coach Mahesh Gawli slammed the extent of refereeing and criticised the choice to ship off Stimac, urging SAFF to look into the matter in his post-match press convention.
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“We never discuss refereeing outside. Just to be clear,” All India Football Federation (AIFF) general-secretary Shaji Prabhakaran instructed Sportstar when he was requested to touch upon the state of affairs.
The basic argument put up Stimac’s purple card towards Kuwait was that the India head coach ought to have exercised extra warning, having simply come again from a one-match suspension. Asked to remark about Stimac’s response on the touchlines, Prabhakaran stated, “No comments on that. That is an internal issue and will be discussed internally.”
A burning query proper now’s the severity of Stimac’s punishment. This being his second purple card, there’s a risk that the Croat could possibly be penalised with greater than only a one-match suspension. Prabhakaran stated that nothing is obvious proper now, and the disciplinary committee will look into it.
“We have sent the full and official report from our side. Now, it is the job of the disciplinary committee to look into the situation. Nothing can be said for sure at the moment. It might be a one-match ban, a two-match ban, or a three-match ban. Everything depends on what the disciplinary committee decides,” a member of the match commissioners crew instructed Sportstar on the situation of anonymity.
