Referee expert: Esteghlal’s first goal was a mistake+film

Hossein Asgari, in an interview with the sports reporter of Fars news agency, said about the refereeing of the match between Esteghlal and Pikan: In the 20th minute, Esteghlal scored a goal with Armin Sohrabian’s shot, which was correctly rejected because three players of this team were offside.

He added: In the 18th minute, Zubair Niknefs acted very smartly when he tackled the Pikan player’s leg. If he continued his tackle in the same initial state and did not control himself, he should definitely have been sent off, but with his leg control, he had a light touch with the opponent player. The referee did not announce a foul in this scene, but he should have given Niknefs a yellow card in favor of Sood Pikan.

The referee expert said: On the scene of the first goal of Esteghlal, Arman Ramezani was about to take off the shirt of the Pikan player, that’s why the referee should have announced his mistake because the Pikan defender could not get a header and after the ball passed by these two players, Armin Sohrabian scored Esteghlal’s goal, which should have been declared a foul. The decision of the assistant referee to announce the goal in favor of Sood Pikan was also correct because the striker of this team was not in the offside.

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