Sporting blasts Mumbai coach, lodges complaint with AIFF
TEAM HERALD
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PANJIM: Sporting Clube de Goa lodged a strong complaint with AIFF’s I-League CEO against the Mumbai FC coach for unsporting behaviour during their I-league match at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda.
“After our team scored the third goal our Sudanese striker James Moga was close to the Mumbai FC bench when coach K Jamil allegedly shouted at him some profanities in Arabic. The translation from Arabic has been given to us by James Moga, who is fluent in that language,” stated manager Anju Albuquerque in the complaint.
“By using such unsporting and derogatory language, the coach allegedly tried to incite our player and induce him to retaliate and thus fall into the bad books of the Referee. Moga had already been booked earlier in the match and another booking would have seen him being expelled. Jamil almost succeeded in his mission of gaining an advantage for his team,” added Anju.
Sporting have asked the AIFF to take prompt, exemplary action against the coach for maintaining decorum and Fair Play.
Jamil had complained of being ‘abused in Arabic’ by Moga, an accusation which the Flaming Oranje striker has categorically denied.
While the home side’s coach Ekendra Singh immediately sprung to the defense of his player, Moga stated that it was the MFC coach who was in the wrong.
