Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) - Referee [IRAN vs IRAQ]

[Bagg10]

He didn’t red card Pouladi. It was his 2nd yellow of the game. Anytime anyone brings referee excuse for their lack of accomplishments, it makes their argument extremely weak. Iran has lost countless number of games in PK shootout. Perhaps this is an area that needs to be addressed, not the weak referee excuse.

Both yellow cards were horseshit.

[Camran khan]

Guys I know Ben Williams really screwed us badly but I give him about 65 percent of the blame for our elimination and the team 35 percent. We know that as a team, things like a red card do not really mess with our composure under CQ. Under Branko in 2004 it was an issue because a) he was not as good of a tactician, and b) on top of a red card to sattar zare, we had already been screwed by AFC before the game with the suspension of some of our defenders (including Nosrati who was suspended for the remainder of the tournament).

With queiroz, we have gotten results twice against South Korea with 10 men. First was beating South Korea 1-0 when Shojaei was given a straight red card, and keep in mind that we went down to 10 when it was still 0-0. The second was holding South Korea to a 0-0 away with an experimental lineup and 10 men. While the latter did not have as much pressure attached to it, the former had all the pressure in the world as we actually needed to win that game to qualify for the World Cup, and we were at 10 men at 0-0.

Therefore, I think our players lost it a bit mentally after that second yellow to Pouladi but we really should have just kept our defensive shape and held the 1-0 till 90 minutes like we have in many occasions.

Now I am not saying this to criticize our team because that was 4 years ago and water under the bridge, and Ben Williams deserves the majority of the blame. However, I am bringing it up to say that no matter what happens in terms of disallowed goals or unfair red cards, I know that this time around, with the mentality developed by CQ, the depth and quality of our squad, and the resolve of our players, we will do fine despite any biased refereeing and it will have a minimal effect on our matches.

Kind of agree. CQ is also an emotional guy, he got really mad and lost his cool during HT, hell, Ansarifard had to stop him lol. Which wasn't good for the team's calm and composure either..

[Sam van Dam]

for those of you blaming haghighi for not saving any of the PKs, i know 4 years is a long time, but i remember at the end of ET he was injured, bad. an iraqi player kicked him as hard as he could in the shoulder, and al-ben waleed williams did not caution him at all. i would love to see any injured goalie try to save a PK after being worked for 75 minutes with a man down.

[_Navid_]

Yep. They injured him real bad. Possibly on purpose. You can't dive for meters with that kind of pain in the shoulder.

[Martin-Reza]

Yeah, I mean that was the worst part, the one that made you realize you're being screwed over. Iraqis did what Pouladi had done (and worse) on several occasions, especially Younis Mahmoud repeatedly, and the ref just refused to book any of them, despite having sent off Pouladi with the second yellow for his action.

[BacheLot]

for those of you blaming haghighi for not saving any of the PKs, i know 4 years is a long time, but i remember at the end of ET he was injured, bad. an iraqi player kicked him as hard as he could in the shoulder, and al-ben waleed williams did not caution him at all. i would love to see any injured goalie try to save a PK after being worked for 75 minutes with a man down.

doubt he was injured all that bad to effect his game that much..!!
he is a pretty decent keeper but he certainly had mare of a game that day..!! gave up not just 1 but 2 tokhmy near side goals during it and failed to save even 1 PK outa what 7-8? attempts...! in the process miss-judging the placement of nearly all of those freaking PK..? (including the one awarded to iraq during the regulation time..!)
the overall blame for that loss though falls squarely over that retarded Red card sent off by scandalous prick benny william..!!
if i had to pick on one of our players, it would certainly be Haj Safi who's played a responsible role for all 3 goals conceded during the regulation and nervously Skying the all important first PK...!

[tooleh khers]

Hope our team is careful. The appointment of this ref could mean a lot of yellow cards and possibly red for us. I hope CQ tells the players about this ref. Although he is a good ref stats posted show he is yellow card happy.

[AMIRHOUSHANG]

He missed calls both ways today.

[teammelli8080]

He missed calls both ways today.

Everyone has off days. He missed a few calls but not significant enough to alter the final score.

[DJPedram]

so we have 5 players with yellow cards. correct?

[Karimi 8]

Terrible job today by the ref, he was a mess.

[armen]

In his post match comments, Queiroz had nothing but praise for the referee:

"Today, we saw three great teams. The third team was of the officials. The referee was fantastic. The referee has lot of experience. Some of the decisions were not easy. But he showed why he is a great referee," Queiroz said.

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/the-rea...-coach-queiroz

[FF187]

In his post match comments, Queiroz had nothing but praise for the referee:

"Today, we saw three great teams. The third team was of the officials. The referee was fantastic. The referee has lot of experience. Some of the decisions were not easy. But he showed why he is a great referee," Queiroz said.

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/the-rea...-coach-queiroz

Smart as he might whistle the final...

Gesendet von meinem SM-G950F mit Tapatalk

[Sam van Dam]

CQ has obviously learned his lesson from last time when he criticized Ben Williams after his shit performance during our first match vs Bahrain in 2015.

Bravo CQ now this shit ref won’t officiate the rest of our matches

[Nokhodi]

In Asia you have to say the ref is beautiful even when they mess up.