THAI FOOTBALL TEAM RECEIVES REPRIMAND FROM AFF
PETALING JAYA (Feb 7, 2007): The Asean Football Federation (AFF),
during its Council meeting in Bangkok on Feb 4, discussed the issue
of the first-leg home & away final match of the Asean Football
Championship involving Thailand and Singapore at length.
It was decided during the Council meeting that a Disciplinary
Committee, comprising Tengku Ahmad Rithaudeen, the Committees
Chairman, Datuk Seri Dr Ibrahim Saad, the AFF Head of Delegation
for the first leg of the final match, H.E. Ravy Khek, H.E.
Francisco Kabualdi and Dr Tran Quoc Vong, was to be formed.
The Disciplinary Committee met at The Regent in Kuala Lumpur
yesterday to review the incident that occurred during the first-leg
final match in Singapore.
The Disciplinary Committee closely studied the reports of the Match
Commissioner, Referee and heard the verbal report of the AFF Head
of Delegation for the said match.
The Committee further viewed the video of the match and the
incident that followed.
There was a lengthy deliberation on the facts of the case and the
Committee decided that there was evidence of dissent on the part of
the Thailand team and this resulted in the delay of restart of the
match.
Having regard to the facts produced at the enquiry, we are of the
opinion that reprimand would be fitting punishment in the
circumstances.
The Committee also took the opportunity to congratulate
and thank the FA of Thailand and the people of Thailand for their
exceptional behaviour and sportsmanship during the second leg final
match at the Supachalasai Stadium on Feb 4.
So now we can conclude that not only the whole walkout incident is
a joke, the ASEAN football federation is also a joke.
If the Asean Cup is a mickey mouse cup, then the AFF is also a
mickey mouse football federation 