Israel’s forward Saied Abu Farchi was sent off for celebrating his goal against Austria in his side’s 3-1 Nations League defeat on Thursday by using the corner flag to simulate a gun.Abu Farchi headed home in the 55th minute to bring Israel level after Austria had taken the lead through a Romano Schmid penalty before half-time at the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz.The 20-year-old ran to the corner flag, grabbed it and made a gun-firing gesture during his celebration.Saied Abu Farchi after scoring his side’s equaliser against Austria. Photograph: Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFP/Getty ImagesThe referee had booked Abu Farchi four minutes earlier and showed him a second yellow card for the celebration, leaving Israel with 10 players.Austria regained the lead in the 90th minute through Phillipp Mwene, who scored via Paul Wanner’s cross. Sasa Kalajdzic added a third in stoppage time with a close-range finish.
Israel’s Saied Abu Farchi sent off for gun gesture celebration in defeat by Austria
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