OSN Cup: T&T edged 7-6 on penalties by United Arab Emirates

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Interesting take by Mr Oberjuege; I agree that George's challenge demanded a yellow for being reckless but it was not a red. It was not deliberate or intentional. IMO the UAE guy connected with George's arm rather than the other way around. You could clearly see that George was completely focus on winning the ball rather than trying to take out the player.

As for the game being 'Rugged' he must be somewhat naive when it comes to the modern game, everyone knows most middle eastern sides are a bit lightweight and can't handle the physical stuff too well. Fancy football only gets you so far, you need a suitable mix of both. South Americans learned that decades ago and the East & South East Asians are learning too. The good sides do it they just better at making it less obvious. Personally T&T should have been doing that from the beginning, might have been a different outcome.

People see ony what they want to see.  Mr Oberjuege did not see Peltier being kicked down at least four consecutive times by the left back, repeated fouling that in any game would have been a yellow for the first and a second yellow for any of the others. Talk about blatant fouls, man was cutting cane.
T&T was as far as I am concerned expected, landing the day before, possibly very little sleep and no practice. Not to mention the heat. yes UAE (GulF Cup Champions ) settled early, scored two goals off of very poor defending. Yet in the second half the could have easily collected 5 or 6. The keeper was outstanding, making save after save, even before the first goal for T&T.

[Dinner Mints]

To be honest, that look like a red card to me too. Yeah, he 'focused' on the ball, but he know what he doing.

[Tallman]

FULL GAME: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWc_Ytn2VZ4
1st HALF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e7HUFzme5s
2nd HALF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLAKyA5FNVM
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViqIs_19P7Y

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UAE coach credits T&T for good fight.
By Shaun Fuentes.

T&T has come in for commendation from the head coach of United Arab Emirates Mahdi Ali for their display at the just concluded OSN Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Mahdi’s team defeated T&T 7-6 on penalty kicks after both teams battled to the 3-3 regular time draw last Thursday.

The UAE went on to defeat New Zealand 2-0 in Monday’s final to take home the US$50,000 first prize with T&T receiving US$30,000 for finishing third with their 3-1 win over hosts Saudi Arabia.

T&T found their rhythm in the second half against the Emirates and took control of the match with Kevin Molino heading home the third and tying goal in the second minute of added on time after T&T had been trailing 3-0.

“Trinidad (and Tobago) were a tough team for us. They provided us with a really good match and we are happy to have come out winners in the match,” Ali said.

“We started very well but they were strong and they were quick. They punished us for not holding on to the game. Overall I think it was the harder game for us. But the victory for United Arab Emirates is a good one and we’re happy to have won the OSN Cup.”

The UAE team were in training for three weeks for the tournament while T&T had one session the day before the match in Riyadh last week.