IRIB - The Asian Football Confederation has
announced Iran as the 3-0 winner of the second-leg Asian Qualifier against
North Korea.
"The AFC's disciplinary committee named Iran the 3-0 winner and has yet to
make its decision on firecracker throwing today (Wednesday)," Mohammad
Khabiri, an Asian vision plan expert, said.
North Korea walked off the pitch of the 100,000-seater Azadi stadium, 10 km
west of Tehran, in the 60th minute of its Asian Cup Qualifier versus Iran on
Nov 12 when a firecracker was thrown on to the field, slightly injuring the
Korean midfielder Su Hyok Chol.
According to Davoud Abedi, a reporter of Iranian news channel, talking live
on TV from the stadium, the injured Korean player was rushed to (Farabi)
hospital. He added the AFC will announce Korea the 3-0 winner if the doctors
confirm the footballer has been seriously injured and Iran will be the
winner with the same result if the player had feigned injury.
Later, Sadeq Doroudgar, an executive official of Iran's Football Federation,
who was present in the hospital quoted Dr. Mirzaei as saying that the player
has no physical problem and his vision has not been damaged and he had
feigned.
Iran was ahead 1-0 in the second leg as veteran skipper Ali Daei converted a
penalty three minutes before the incident.
The group D-bound Iran handed North Korea a 3-1 defeat in their first-leg
match in Pyongyang on Oct 29.
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