Jabloteh shocked over CFU penalties.

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Jabloteh shocked over CFU penalties
...River Plate protest.
By: Ian Prescott (T&T Express).

Puerto Rican club Atletico River Plate have protested the sanctions imposed on them by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) following their April 18 CFU Club Championship Group D second round match against Trinidad and Tobago’s San Juan Jabloteh, which ended in an all-out brawl.

The Puerto Ricans have threatened to take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Jabloteh chairman Gerry Hospedales expressed shock at the CFU judgment, stating he had only read of the sanctions in the newspapers.

The ill-tempered match-played last month at Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar-ended 1-0 in favour of Jabloteh, thus eliminating the Puerto Ricans from the competition.

During the 90 minutes, two River Plate players were ejected by Jamaican referee Courtney Campbell, as well as Jabloteh striker Cyrano Glen.

However, a most disturbing incident took place afterward when a brawl erupted. Most of the River Plate footballers were captured on video attacking some of their Jabloteh opponents and even local security. Two gunshots had to be fired to quell the disturbance.

Following an investigation by their disciplinary committee, the CFU released their decision in which they fined the alleged aggressors River Plate US$10,000 and put the club on probation for the rest of the season.

In addition, River Plate head coach Fabian Zermatten and six other players drew suspensions as well as fines totalling US$8,500.

Jabloteh were also fined US$5,000 and their home venue put on six months’ probation. Striker Glen was fined US$500 and suspended for two matches.

’Unjust, unreasonable, unfair,’ Hospedales said in response to the fines. ’These guys immediately launched an assault on us after the match. I don’t know if they (CFU) thought that the players’ response was such to bring the game into disrepute. I think one had the right to defend oneself. I don’t know if they wanted us to run into the stands.’

Hospedales knocked the procedure which the CFU took in making their deliberation and said that Jabloteh will later decide if they will protest.

River Plate, through their president Steven Alvarez, issued a press release protesting the CFU sanctions.

’Our club totally denies abiding by the results of this report and, also, is proceeding to appeal in escalation to the proper Court of Arbitration of Sports, as the right and lawful right to proceed,’ the River Plate statement said.

’We acknowledge receipt from Caribbean Football Union a letter sent by Mr Jason Sylvester, on behalf of Mr Neville Ferguson, acting general secretary for Caribbean Football Union concerning disciplinary committee decision of above mentioned game and incident at Larry Gomes Stadium.

Club Atletico River Plate Puerto Rico, do not accept the decision of the disciplinary committee as well as the sanctions imposed in the communication.’

’Our club on April 20, 2010 submitted an official complaint and petition to investigate the unfair arbitration from referee Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) and his ruling team.

Petition to investigate an evident unfair play that lead to violence during the game, at the same time referee decisions one sided in favour of San Juan Jabloteh team and against River Plate Puerto Rico, in conjunction to jokes in the game field by the locals overlooked by the ruling personnel lead to the violence and brawl that all of us know happened.

’CFU and CONCACAF have not complied with the due investigative process of investigation. The complaint has not been answered with the decision received today.

The complaint has been answered by again one side favoured unfair sanctions and fines. It seems that the CFU or CONCACAF disciplinary committees continue the kind of overlook and unfair ruling we saw in the field that day.’

River Plate further stated they were not invited by either CFU or CONCACAF to a hearing to express and explain their position and to express all what happened after the game.

They also accused the CFU and CONCACAF of lacking professionalism and confidentiality dealing with an investigative process.

’Our team has not had the chance as we know we are entitled to have in a disciplinary investigation process. The disciplinary committee failed in its duty in an irresponsible and not professional manner,’ River Plate said.

[Sam]

Who Jabloteh appealing to, Jack Warner the head of CFU, the vice president of FIFA, the president of CONCACAF, de owner of Joe Public.

Jack Warner is a facking pest and a disgrace to T&T and the world.

It only shows that they trying their best to stop Jabloteh so Joe Public can win everything again.

Hang on Terry, they could only slow you down but they can't stop you.

Jabloteh lodges protest over Abu Bakr.
By: Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian).

San Juan Jabloteh has lodged a protest with the Caribbean Football Union over bmobile Joe Public’s use of defender Radanfah Abu Bakr in Wednesday’s Club Champions Cup encounter at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya.

This was confirmed by the club’s chief executive officer, Azaad Mohammed-Khan yesterday.

On Wednesday night, the CFU Club Champions Cup Final Round clash between the two Digicel Pro League rivals, kicked off under a cloud off controversy as Jabloteh coach Terry Fenwick made a complaint to the match commissioner Norris Ferguson that Abu Bakr was illegible for the match having picked up a red card in his team’s final second round match against System 3 of St Vincent and The Grenadines last month.

Mohammed-Khan said his team has sent a formal protest letter to the CFU and pointed to the tournament rules which said players or team officials suspended shall serve their suspension during the following match of the CFU Club Champions Cup, be it in the current edition or any future edition of the tournament or any tournament which may, by virtue of its purpose, substitute the CFU Champions Cup.

However, Derek King, coach of Joe Public said his team was given the green light at the CFU technical meeting on Tuesday for Abu Bakr to play in the match.

“We asked about Radanfah’s availability and was told that all the suspensions were wiped clean from the previous round,” said King. Ironically, Abu Bakr’s 50th minute goal earned Joe Public a 1-0 win in the match.

[Storeboy]

All the video show the PR players running after and attacking the Trini club players.  What foolishness that PR coach talking about ...that they were being attacked?  Steups... I say, they lucky they weren't banned altogether.

[Intru]

It all depends, whats the longest video of the game+incident, 9 minutes at most? Of 90 minutes + 45 minutes. From the little info(video we have) River does carry the lion's share of the blame, but it mostly looks like a incident highlight than anything else. I myself reserve my full judgment until I get to see the full game+incident. And don't misunderstand I'm not condoning anything that River did, theres no place for violence in football for whatever reason it may be. Unfortunately we will probably never get to see the full events of that day. Winner in this? Papa Jack, how gets to snuff two teams with one ruling.

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Jabloteh to appeal brawl fine.
By: Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian).

Jerry Hospedales, chairman of San Juan Jabloteh says his team will be making an appeal today or tomorrow to the Caribbean Football Union Disciplinary Committee over the US$5,000 imposed on the club for its part in a brawl with Puerto Rico’s River Plate on April 18.

The fine for the club which was also placed on probabtion for the next six months was handed down by CFU on Thursday after an investigation into a brawl between players from River Plate and Jabloteh at the end of their second round CFU Club Champions Cup Group D match at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, on April 18.

During the match four players including Jabloteh’s Cyrano Glen were issued red cards by Jamaican referee Courtney Campbell and the quartet along with other players found guility of poor conduct during the melee, were also slapped with fines and match bans in some instances.

Following the investigation headed by CFU Disciplinary Committee chairman, Jamaica’s captain, Horace Burrell Glen, was fined US$500 and banned two matches. However, when contacted for comment, Hospedales, who stated he was yet to get the official informaion from CFU, said: “The fine imposed on our club clearly is not understood.

It’s is totaly inconsistent with what transpired at the venue on the day of the match.

“We have been slapped with a fine and up to now we have not been told what we were being fined for or what rule we were in breach off. Jabloteh coach, Englishman Terry Fenwick added, “We (Jabloteh) surely cannot be blamed for what happened in the match or at the end of it.

There were no security officials at the venue and from looking at what happened, it was clear to see that in the end, it became nescessary for our players to defend themslves after they were coming under attack.”

Meanwhile River Plate president Steven Alvarez has also expressed his displeasure with the ruling and has threatened to take the matter to the Court of Arbitration of Sports. River Plate was handed a fine of US$10,000 and placed on probabtion for the rest of the year.

Its coach Argentine Fabian Zermatten and five players were also handed bans totalling 24 matches and US$8,000 combined.

Zermatten was suspended for five matches and a fined US$2,000; Lucas Masilla fined US$2,000 and suspended for six matches; Jose Rodriguez fined US$1,000 and suspended for three matches; Raul Oswaldo Ruiz suspended for five matches and fined US$2,000; Maximiliano Vallejo suspended for three matches and fined US$500 and Jorge Alfredo Gonzales, suspended for two matches and also fined US$500.