Brawls break out in the SEA Games 32 final between Indonesia and Thailand at the Olympic Stadium, Cambodia, May 16, 2023.
Coaches and players from Thailand and Indonesia tore into each other as disputes during the SEA Games men’s football final erupted into at least two full-scale brawls on Tuesday.
Indonesia was leading Thailand 2-1 in the second half of the match when the referee blew the whistle to allow a direct penalty for Thailand.
But coaches for the Indonesian team thought it was the signal for the end of the match, so they mistakenly rushed onto the field to celebrate.
However, the penalty allowed Thailand to equalize 2-2. Then both coaches and players from the Thai side began taunting their Indonesian opponents following the goal. Chaos ensued.
Indonesian forward Titan Agung swung at the Thai coaches and threw a kick. People from both teams then joined the fray, resulting in a bench-clearing brawl.
The referees were not able to stop the fight as the brawl spread across a quarter of the stadium.
When Indonesia later scored a goal to tilt the scoreboard 3-2, their players taunted back at Thailand to get even. Another brawl then started.
Both coaches and players from both sides joined the melee as chaos enveloped Olympic Field in Phnom Penh.
A member from the Thailand team kicked an Indonesian player amid the chaos. The referees tried to de-escalate the situation to no avail.
An Indonesian coach got kicked and collapsed onto the ground.
People continued to kick, punch and slap each other as the brawl heated up.
No less than 10 people participated in the brawl. Following the kerfuffle, referees handed out five red cards to both teams.
The brawl only stopped once security came into play. Indonesia eventually won 5-2, securing their first gold medal in SEA Games men’s football.
I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn.
I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC. I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters. I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law.
I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam.
In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship.
Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam.
I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN.
I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism. In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net).
I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries.
In October 2011 Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi published my book "Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống).
In December 2013 Phu Nu Publishing House published my book "10 Core Values for Success".
I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.
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