Ref’s error forces Uzbekistan-Bahrain playoff to be replayed


TOKYO: FIFA have declared the result of Saturday’s Asian World Cup qualifying playoff between Uzbekistan and Bahrain void and ordered a replay following a refereeing blunder. 

Soccer’s governing body ruled on Tuesday that Japanese referee Toshimitsu Yoshida made a “technical error” in disallowing an Uzbekistan penalty and then awarding Bahrain a free-kick instead of ordering it to be retaken. 

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