Referee Hoang Ngoc Ha: 'I was attacked'

"After the match, I was standing with supervision when I was suddenly squeezed into the neck. I thought who was familiar with joking," referee Ngoc Ha told Metasports on the morning of July 20. "After a few bad words, this person spit on my face. I am really surprised. This is obviously the act of attacking the arbitration, non -sport and unacceptable on the football field."

Mr. Ha also questioned the security work of Lach Tray yard, when a person did not wear the card comfortably on the yard and then blatantly attacked the referee. "I was very urgent, but because I was on duty at that time, I had to restrain," the FIFA referee added. "This person used to work at Hai Phong Club. The last match, when I was on duty here, he was still the person of Hai Phong Club. In my opinion, this is the action of a member of Hai Phong Club, Not of a fans ".

The attacker of Mr. Ha was identified as Tran Tien Dung - a famous fans of Hai Phong football with the nickname "The boss of flares", once beat the referee Vo Minh Tri and received a prison sentence in 2012. Mr. Dung It is said to work for Hai Phong Club but currently there is no title.

Through the words when attacking referee Ha, Mr. Dung seemed to be annoyed that Hai Phong was not entitled to a penalty of 7. Ho Tan Tai poured people and let the ball touch his hand. The coaching committee and Hai Phong player responded to a penalty, but referee Ha refused.

According to the law, it is disseminated for the teams before the tournament, there will be no penalty if the ball touches the hand of the player is falling. Therefore, referee Ha is said to be handled in the above situation. "I blow it right but I was attacked like that. If I was wrong, I didn't know where the incident would go," Mr. Ha added.

Head of Arbitration Department Duong Van Hien said the incident was supervised by referee Hoang Ngoc Ha, sent to the V-League Organizing Committee and the Vietnam Football Federation. The Arbitration Board will propose the incident to the VFF Discipline Committee for handling. "Security and safety of the match have not been guaranteed when the referee is threatened to assault. The referee is right or wrong, we will handle it fairly, not cover, not to let the fans arbitrarily act like So. They deliberately put pressure on the referees.