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Kerala Blasters FC on Friday created huge controversy after the team decided to walk off the pitch and forfeit their all-important ISL play-off clash against ...

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Sunil Chhetri scored a goal from a quick free-kick in the ISL playoff game and it led to Kerala Blasters forfeiting the match.

Follow us on [also read] [Football](https://www.firstpost.com/category/football) [ISL 2022-23: Hyderabad FC take momentum into playoffs after handing Kerala Blasters third defeat in a row](https://www.firstpost.com/sports/football-news/isl-2022-23-hyderabad-fc-take-momentum-into-playoffs-after-handing-kerala-blasters-third-defeat-in-a-row-12210772.html) The flip side is if they want it slow, they can’t then take it while I count out the ten yards for the wall. It’s just like when someone wants to take a free-kick anywhere else on the field. “This is their window of opportunity to surprise the defence. “First you have to deal with the principle of a free-kick. The goal was given and later the referee Graham Poll gave a justification for doing so. I said that I don’t want the whistle as well as the wall.” If the attacking team are fouled then it is they who hold the advantage. In the sixth minute of extra-time, a foul on Chhetri by Vibin Mohanan earned Bengaluru a free-kick just outside the penalty area. “The referee asked me if I wanted the wall or the whistle. This is not the right way to do it,” Chhetri told Star Sports. Meanwhile, Chhetri stepped up and took a quick free-kick, having informed the referee about his decision.

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According to a Kerala Blasters official, Vukomanovic sent clips of the incident to two referees in Europe. John’s handling of the free kick was also questioned by an ISL referee. The official did not want to be named given the sensitive nature of the issue. The League Rulebook is a 94-page document, a copy of which is with HT. The ISL website, in its report on Friday’s game, mentioned Blasters forfeiting the match in “disagreement” with John’s decision to let Sunil Chhetri’s goal, from a quickly taken free kick in the 97th minute, stand but said nothing about the consequences. Referee Crystal John’s report and that of match commissioner Amit Dharap will be considered by AIFF before deciding on the punishment.

Here's how the Indian football fraternity reacted on Twitter to the controversy surrounding the Bengaluru FC vs Kerala Blasters game.

Here are some of the noted reactions. But Crystal John’s disregard to these protests made things worse, and finally Kerala Blasters’ head coach Ivan Vukomanović order his players to play no further, and leave the pitch. Not a single soul could have even predicted what we have witnessed in the game that was played between Bengaluru FC and Kerala Blasters. Do you think that A.Luna is going to get out of the way if he thinks that the goal can be legal? As a result of this, the Yellow Army left the field, and ultimately Bengaluru were declared as the winners of the game. It all started with a free-kick being awarded to Bengaluru in extra time.