Kolkata: The All India Football Federation slapped an Rs 80,000 fine on Mohammedan Sporting and Rs 10,000 on their coach Abdul Bola Mashood Aziz for protesting against the referee’s decision in their 2-3 loss to Bengaluru FC (BFC) in the I-League on Wednesday.
Alarmed by the crowd violence during the match, the club has also been show caused as such incidents are happening far too often, I-League CEO Sunando Dhar said on Thursday.
In another decision, the AIFF has also fined BFC coach Ashley Westwood Rs 20,000 for stepping onto the field at half time.
Mohammedan Sporting football secretary Iqbal Ahmed, however, blamed poor decision-making.
“We have live footage, we’ll take up the issue,” Ahmed told PTI.
Mohammedan were peeved with referee Ratheesh Kumar who turned down three penalty claims and Aziz aired his displeasure at the quality of supervision after the match.
Furious club supporters too vented their ire by pelting bricks, breaking window panes and hurled chairs after their loss.
“Very very disappointed by few fans throwing stones at the ground. You can be passionate, u can curse and abuse but throwing stones is dangerous,” Chhetri said on his Twitter handle. (PTI)