He ate grass and got a card! There was a bizarre incident at the Asian Cup. The referee sent off an Iraqi striker for celebrating a goal

A real bizarre thing happened at the Asian Cup. The Iraq striker pretended to eat grass after scoring the leading goal against Jordan in celebration of his goal. The referee gave him a second yellow card for this and therefore sent him off.

Asian Cup brought a bizarre incident

It would be hard to find something like that in football. Iraq striker Aymen Hussein was punished for his goal celebration. It all happened in the eighth round of the Asian Cup between Iraq and Jordan.

Hussein scored Iraq’s leading goal in the 76th minute to make it 2-1, after which he celebrated his goal accordingly. The Iraqi forward imaginatively ate grass a few moments after the important goal, but the referee Alireza Faghani awarded him a yellow card.

And since Hussein had already received one yellow card before, the head referee of the match between Iraq and Jordan sent him off for this celebration.

Needless to say, Jordan’s footballers did exactly the same thing when they scored the first goal. In short, they formed a circle and imaginatively ate grass. They were not penalised, while the Iraqi striker was.

You can see both situations in the attached video below. Needless to say, Iraq coach Jesús Casas was furious after the game and didn’t mince words too much.

Coach Casas was furious after the game…

“In big tournaments, players always celebrate goals. The referees can’t suspend them for that. We all saw that the Jordan players celebrated in the same way and nobody got a card,” Casas said in a post-match interview, quoted by Fox Sports.

“It hurts me what happened. We deserved to win, the red card was the turning point of the whole game. I don’t understand how the referee can suspend a player for celebrating his goal,” the Spanish coach spoke angrily.

He also received support from his counterpart, the Jordan coach. Hussein Ammouta admitted that the second half belonged mainly to Iraq and that the harsh sending off clearly changed the course of the second half. In fact, Jordan scored twice at the end of the second act to win 3-2.

Source: Fox Sports, X