Shocking scene..Syrian coach slaps a Yemeni player during the match, and these are the latest developments!
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The Syrian national junior goalkeeper coach Louay Othman sparked widespread controversy on social media after his inappropriate behavior towards one of the Yemeni team players in the last minutes of the confrontation that brought them together, Saturday, in the semi-finals of the West Asian Cup, which ended with Yemen winning 2-1 and qualifying for The final match to meet Saudi Arabia.
The cameras showed coach Louay Othman's assault on the Yemeni player at a time when the latter had clashed with one of the tense Syrian players for missing the chance to qualify, so he rushed towards the player and slapped him in the face in a strange scene.
In retaliation for the loss of his team, the assistant coach of the Syrian national team #Syria slaps a Yemeni player in the face and calls for harsh penalties to be imposed on him # The event pic.twitter.com/2ioUlnhrbX
— Al Hadath (@AlHadath) December 12, 2021
For its part, the temporary committee of the Syrian Football Association condemned the coach’s behavior and said in an official statement: “The temporary committee of the Syrian Football Association confirms its rejection of the individual behavior of Louay Othman, the goalkeeper coach in the junior national team. An immediate decision was issued to stop Othman and prevent him from accompanying him. any club or national team until further notice.
In turn, the Syrian mission rushed to visit the Yemeni camp after the match and apologize to the player and the Yemeni mission for the coach's behavior, and this is what the videos circulated on the communication sites showed.
After the incident of the attack of the Syrian junior team guards coach Louay Othman on the Yemeni national team player, the
delegation of our national junior team apologizes to the staff and head of the delegation of the brotherly Yemen team and congratulates him on qualifying for the final match of the West Asian Junior Championships pic.twitter.com/UcyDCVTzBF
- King of the Sultanate (@jamlyyyyy_) December 11, 2021
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