Kuwait 0 - 2 China
Asian Cup 2011 group stage · 2011-01-08 Referee: Benjamin Williams

uh..

Kuwait

should have got that penalty, they lost a guy for a minor foul (but,well ok), they didn't get the goal when the ball went clearly over the line and then just before the Chinese scored their first goal there was a lot of pushing and shoving in the box no modern ref would have allowed.
What's was wrong with Ben Williams? A ref with a lot of experience with Asian teams like these.

......

There are a lot of powerful Asian gambling syndicates and these matches must be part of their operations. You can be sure that a lot of money is being made and lost. Since the ref is Australian, I won't be casting aspersions, but, man, these were weird decisions.

tv

I - off course - watched this match on tv, one of those satellite channels. The guy commenting on the match had no idea who the players were. He called them "that player over there" or "the one behind him". I'm glad I didn't have to pay for that.

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