FA Cup final will not use foreign referees
Malaysian Football League chief operations officer Mohd Shazli Shaik Mohd at a press conference after chairing the FA Cup 2019 Final organising committee at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil July 2, 2019. — Bernama pic
According to him, the effort to bring a professional referee from outside to umpire the final game is one of the main agendas in improving the quality of the game, but it could not be done for the 30th edition of the FA Cup. For the record, local referee J. Suresh who refereed the Malaysia Cup final 2018 between Terengganu FC and Perak, is regarded by the home football fans as the worst referee in the history of the prestigious trophy sport.
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