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"I'm going home with a bad feeling" - Afghanistan coach questions refereeing

Following his charges' 2-1 defeat to hosts Malaysia in their Airmarine Cup third-place decider match on Saturday, Afghanistan boss Anoush Dastgir made known of his displeasure.

"As I've said before, I'm happy with the invitation by the Malaysian FA [to play in the tournament]. But I'm not happy about the game today. Okay, it's a friendly match, and we were playing against Malaysia, I can understand.

"But it gives a bad feeling when you see this kind of penalty and you cannot get the penalty call. I also watched the game against Singapore (Malaysia's semi-final encounter against Singapore).