Al Ahli (SA) 1 - 1 Sepahan
AFC Champions League 2012 group stage · 2012-03-21 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko

The penalty that ruined a good match

Penalty

When the player took the dive and Kovalenko awarded a penalty, every defending player close to him went CRAZY because it was quite obvious that the attacker took a huge dive, but I think from where Kovalenko was, it looked like there was contact. We can blame his angle but we also have to blame him.

Assistants

The assistants did a good job during this match. No influence on the match and no wrong offsides either.

Irmatov

The difference between Irmatov who in my opinion is one of the best referees in the world, and other Uzbeki referees is miles.

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