The U20 national team finished second in the U20 Asian Cup knockout stage after a draw with Kyrgyzstan. At the end of the match, Kyrgyzstan defender Samatmalu, who was unhappy with the penalty, headbutted the referee and received a red card.
There were many unbelievable scenes in this game. First, after Kyrgyzstan threw the ball out of bounds, the referee raised his flag to indicate offside, which made the Kyrgyz players very upset.
The U20s then put together a nice counter-attack, and despite a misplaced pass from Efeldin, Bekberdzhinov missed a clearance and put the ball into his own goal.
After the match, Samatmalu walked over to argue with the referee. When the referee explained it to him, he bumped into the referee who immediately showed him a red card.
This is a very rare scenario in world soccer and Samatmalu will surely be severely punished for such an act.
It's worth noting that there was a similar scene in the CFL when Dorado intentionally knocked down Manning and was fined $200,000 for 12 months.
