The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) criticised Myanmar today after four of their players were sent off in an explosive Tiger Cup semi-final last night.
Singapore beat Myanmar 4-2 to win the two-leg tie 8-5 on aggregate after the visitors finished a fiery match with eight players and had their reserve goalkeeper sent off.
"We are extremely displeased with the attitude of the players as well as the Myanmar officials," AFC general secretary Peter Velappan said.
Myanmar, trailing 4-3 after the first leg, looked like producing a big upset when they took a 2-0 lead but the away side self-destructed after a 74th-minute own goal from Zaw Lynn-tun.
Yan Piang had been sent off for a second bookable offence three minutes earlier and Zaw was shown the red card for a nasty lunge at Singapore's Indra Sahdan Daud in the 90th minute.
Zaw's foul resulted in a penalty and Moe Kyaw-thu promptly became the third player sent off for kicking mud at Japanese referee Toru Kamikawa in protest at the decision.
Singapore missed the penalty that should have seen them through but three goals in extra time against Myanmar's eight men sealed victory.
To compound Myanmar's shame, substitute goalkeeper Tun Tun-lin was dismissed from the bench after hurling a water bottle at the referee during extra time.
The match was marked by a minute's silence before kick-off as a mark of respect for the victims of the Asian tsunami that killed more than 150,000.
Myanmar was one of the countries affected by the huge waves that swept across the Indian Ocean on December 26.
Indonesia, the nation worst hit by the disaster, will try to reverse a 2-1 deficit against Malaysia in the second leg of their semi-final later today.
