There had been nonetheless 26 mins left at the clock, however trainer Ivan Vukomanovic marched onto the pitch and waved at his gamers to stroll off the sector. The gamers adopted their trainer to the dressing room and didn’t go back to the sector, regardless of requests from fit commissioner Amit Dharap and a senior respectable from the Indian Super League ,isl,
According to resources, Blasters have filed an respectable protest with the AIFF, detailing how referee Crystal John erred in
permitting Chhetri to take the fast free-kick, roughly part a minute after the foul.
“The official complaint makes it clear that the referee asked (KBFC captain) Adrian Luna to move away from the ball, so he cannot be allowing a quick free-kick (for the opponents),” a supply who’s acutely aware of the improvement informed TOI on Sunday.
“When the referee directs the participant to transport away, it approach they’re being requested to arrange a wall. When the gamers had been informed to transport away, the referee should ask the unfastened kick to be performed for the whistle. The referee’s choice to permit the objective to face defies good judgment.”
Luna has told the coach and players that the referee used spray to indicate the position of the ball for a freekick and asked him to move away.
The Blasters have now sought a replay of the match – considered a forfeit with a 3-0 result – and also a ban on the referee
whose decision has seen the club’s supporters up in arms against the injustice.
With the first leg semifinal between Mumbai City and Bengaluru scheduled for Tuesday, AIFF will have to decide on the protest within the next 24 hours. Neither AIFF nor ISL have issued a statement following the walkout at the Sree Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru, a first for Indian football,
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Since the walkout, Blasters’ management and supporters have solidly backed Vukomanovic. The remarkable support and loyalty towards the team was in full show after the coach and his players arrived at their home base in Kochi on Saturday.
The team received a grand welcome at Cochin International Airport in Nedumbassery with chants of ‘We are with you’.
Vukomanovic guided Blasters to the final in his first season at the club where they lost against Hyderabad FC on penalties.