SHAH ALAM: The Crown Prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim (TMJ) slammed the poor refereeing during the Malaysia Cup final match between Terengganu FC and Perak at the Shah Alam Stadium, here on Saturday night.
Tunku Ismail, who is also the Malaysia Football League (MFL) chairman, said that he was caught by surprise when Suresh Jayaraman, who he has “never seen”, was picked to take charge of last night’s match.
He said this was why MFL wanted to bring in foreign referees for important matches, an idea which FAM referees committee chairman Subkhiddin Salleh disagreed.
“Subkhiddin said it apparently belittles the local referees. It is not about that. This is because we need help, you can read MFL’s previous articles. Even the Thai League has used foreign referees in important matches. We can take a similar initiative,” he tweeted last night.
Perak won the Malaysia Cup title for the eighth time after defeating Terengganu FC 4-1 in penalty shoot-out after both teams tied 3-3 after the regulation time and 30 minutes additional time.- Bernama
