WorldReferee.com - Abdullah Al Hilali matches

Date

2008-08-13

Match

Argentina OT

Serbia OT

Result

2 - 0

Yellow

3 - 5

Red

0 - 2

Penalty

2 - 0

this match

overall

Our marks

5.3

6.8

Your marks

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Reporter's marks

Control: Poor

Calls: Poor

Neutrality: A bit Arg way, but not like Serbians complained.

Style: Little authority

Hard work to do for Abdullah. But surely he can improve.

Abdullah Al Hilali matches

'13-05-22 Kashiwa Reysol - Jeonbuk Hyundai (3 - 2)'13-04-23 Al Nasr - Sepahan (1 - 2)'13-04-09 Al Ettifaq - Al Shabab al Arabi (4 - 1)'13-04-03 Guangzhou Evergrande - Muang Thong Utd (4 - 0)'13-03-22 Bahrain - Qatar (1 - 0)'13-03-13 Al Hilal (SA) - Al Rayyan (3 - 1)'13-02-26 Al Shabab (SA) - El Jaish (2 - 0)'13-01-15 UAE - Kuwait (1 - 0)'13-01-12 Iraq - Yemen (2 - 0)'12-12-08 Philippines - Singapore (0 - 0)'12-11-08 Jordan u19 - Vietnam u19 (5 - 2)'12-11-05 Iraq u19 - China u19 (2 - 1)'12-09-19 Adelaide United - Bunyodkor (Kuruvchi) (2 - 2)'12-06-08 Lebanon - Uzbekistan (1 - 1)'12-05-16 Al Ittihad Jeddah - Al Arabi (3 - 2)'12-05-02 Beijing Guoan - Ulsan Hyundai (2 - 3)'12-04-04 Al Gharafa - Piroozi Athletic (0 - 3)'12-03-20 Esteghlal - Nasaf (0 - 0)'12-03-07 Tianjin Teda - Central Coast Mariners (0 - 0)'12-02-29 Iraq - Singapore (7 - 1)'12-02-22 Bahrain OT - Syria OT (2 - 1)'11-11-27 Australia OT - Uzbekistan OT (0 - 0)'11-11-15 Kuwait - UAE (2 - 1)'11-06-19 Lebanon OT - Malaysia OT (0 - 0)'11-05-25 Chonburi FC - Sriwijaya (3 - 0)'11-05-03 Al Shabab (SA) - Al Rayyan (1 - 0)'11-04-06 Suwon Samsung Bluewings - Kashima Antlers (1 - 1)'11-03-15 Al Nassr (SA) - Esteghlal (2 - 1)'11-03-01 Jeju United - Tianjin Teda (0 - 1)'11-01-16 China - Uzbekistan (2 - 2)'11-01-10 Korea Republic - Bahrain (2 - 1)'10-10-11 Japan u19 - Korea Republic u19 (2 - 3)'10-10-07 China u19 - Thailand u19 (1 - 1)'10-10-04 Australia u19 - Yemen u19 (4 - 1)'10-09-15 Zob Ahan - Pohang Steelers (2 - 1)'10-05-11 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma - Gamba Osaka (3 - 0)'10-04-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Pohang Steelers (4 - 3)'10-04-13 Al Hilal (SA) - Al Sadd SC (0 - 0)'10-03-24 Changchun Yatai - Jeonbuk Hyundai (1 - 2)'09-11-18 Syria - Vietnam (0 - 0)'09-11-10 Bahrain u19 - Qatar u19 (1 - 0)'09-11-01 Qatar u19 - Syria u19 (1 - 1)'09-10-21 Pohang Steelers - Umm-Salal (2 - 0)'09-09-15 Neftchi Fergana - South China (5 - 4)'09-06-10 Australia - Bahrain (2 - 0)'09-05-26 Kuwait SC - Dempo SC (3 - 1)'09-05-19 Bunyodkor (Kuruvchi) - Al Shabab al Arabi (0 - 0)'09-04-22 Esteghlal - Umm-Salal (1 - 1)'09-04-01 Korea Republic - Korea DPR (1 - 0)'09-03-18 Pohang Steelers - Kawasaki Frontale (1 - 1)'09-03-10 Al Ahli (UAE) - Pakhtakor (1 - 2)'09-01-28 Yemen - Hong Kong (1 - 0)'08-11-07 Safa SC - Muharraq (4 - 5)'08-10-15 Iran - Korea DPR (2 - 1)'08-10-08 Gamba Osaka - Urawa Red Diamonds (1 - 1)'08-09-16 Dempo SC - Home United (1 - 1)• '08-08-13 Argentina OT - Serbia OT (2 - 0)'08-08-10 Cameroon OT - Honduras OT (1 - 0)'08-06-08 Kuwait - Syria (4 - 2)'08-05-21 Sepahan - Bunyodkor (Kuruvchi) (1 - 1)'08-04-23 Adelaide United - Binh Duong (4 - 1)'08-04-09 Chunnam Dragons - Chonburi FC (1 - 0)'08-03-12 Al Karama - Al Wahda (4 - 1)'08-02-06 Lebanon - Uzbekistan (0 - 1)'07-11-18 Turkmenistan - Hong Kong (3 - 0)'07-10-23 Kuwait u16 - Nepal u16 (3 - 2)'07-10-19 Bahrain u16 - Iran u16 (0 - 7)'07-10-08 Bangladesh - Tajikistan (1 - 1)'07-03-14 Kuwait OT - Bahrain OT (3 - 0)'07-03-14 Kuwait OT - Bahrain OT (3 - 0)'07-03-07 Al Ain - Al Shabab (SA) (0 - 2)'07-02-07 Bangladesh OT - Hong Kong OT (0 - 3)'07-02-07 Bangladesh OT - Hong Kong OT (0 - 3)'06-11-15 Syria - Taiwan (3 - 0)'06-11-12 Korea Republic - Jordan (2 - 0)'06-11-06 Japan - Saudi Arabia (2 - 1)'06-10-31 Tajikistan - Japan (0 - 4)'06-03-01 Palestine - Singapore (1 - 0)'05-02-09 UAE - Switzerland (1 - 2)

All matches

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FIFA OLYMPIC GAMES 2008 group stage:
Argentina OT - Serbia OT, 2 - 0. Workers stadium, Beijing, China, 2008-08-13

I don´t know how to start ... But let´s say something soft: Al Hilali took some good decisions, and made a big mess in the rest of the match. 10 cards in a not-violent game is too much.

Style
The worst thing of this Omani referee is that the players don´t seem to respect him (at least, Serbians didn´t). Perhaps because he looks insecure, or because he makes mistakes too often. But during this game, I saw two incredible things: first, when Argentina was about to play a free-kick and Al Hilali was locating the barrier, a Serbian player made a gesture like saying "go away". Later, a worse thing: Al Hilali conceded a free kick to Argentina after a foul against Acosta, but... the Serbians played the ball, and not the Argentinians. What did the referee do?? Nothing... it went on.

Penalties, booking
The Omani didn´t do everything wrong: the first penalty was very correctly conceded. And at least a half of the booking was also OK. The second penalty was doubtful, and in doubtful actions referees shouldn´t concede penalties; they must be sure about it. Al Hilali made that 2nd penalty to be shot again because the Serbian GK had advanced too much, which was OK (all in all, Argentina missed it). But he showed cards for petty things and left other hard actions without punishment.

Red card
After the match ended, Serbian Rajkovic was sent-off by Al Hilali. Maybe because of protesting or something like that. He had also sent-off Serbian Tosic after showing him the 2nd yellow card, which could have been avoided.

From our reporter: Sheriff