Asal is simply addicted to blocking his opponents. He used to do it with his legs, but once that became very obvious to everyone he started using his racket, or his left arm or even his left hand, deliberately grabbing his opponent's arm. It's disgusting! And such a shame, cause with his amazing skills and physical strength alone he could easily established himself as the top player in the world and a hero to all squash lovers out there. Instead, he's quickly becoming the most hated player of all time. He desperately needs therapy, and of course, much harsher punishment, for the sake of the sport.
That should be a stroke ! The swing already end , and his further movement with the racket shown is definitely a conduct stroke, ref should give him a conduct stroke instead of let ball. he should be banned for another few months ! What he doing absolutely embarrassing the squash world
@@drubber007 exactly! the leg block was much easier to spot, so he refined his cheating strategy to the max. I think he might even have a specific coach and drills just for that purpose. lol
@@losuk8 you're absolutely right! though i think just giving him stroke after stroke would be enough to put a stop on his shenanigans, without the need for a total ban.
@@fernandoyunes9000 You know what, I thought the exact same thing....I really can imagine that he trains for it and has someone sat in the ref position to check if he's doing it right.
@@jomangeee And it would be watched by more if they sorted it out like they do in Rugby for example. Arguing with the ref, simulation of injury should all be driven out of the game but neither FIFA nor UEFA have any stomach for that
@@FiachnaG in general, you will never attract women to soccer or any sport enough to spend money. Guys spend on sports and love everything you hate about soccer.
Allowing Asal's type of squash to continue will only destroy the game. Even when he is occasionally punished for it, it sours the whole mood of the game and - wholly unfairly - rattles his opponents. The blatant grab of the hitting arm of Elias should have cost Asal the game. Period.
This is entirely on the PSA. If this is okay, fine. Be a fringe sport completely dependent on one unstable country. But if it's not, take action and authorize referees to disqualify him, then give them protection out of the building. That final "let" when Elias had match point was a laughably obvious stroke and Mazzarella was clearly too scared to call it.
I used to love this sport, when Matthew, Gaultier, Ashour, Shabana, Willstrop were playing with (generally) good sportsmanship and good attitudes to push each other to be the best players they can be. This... Is a farce. Player side, referee side, rules side, all a farce. Terrible match.
Yes, exactly, golden time of gentelmanship of Ramy Ashour... I hope in future Asal on his matches will receive more objective referees, because this was by purpose blocking, hurting Elias...
Absolutely horrible match. Asal was up to all sorts, conduct strokes, his swing is very strange. Elias was right that Asal plays a shot and then holds his racket in place with power so that when there is inevitable contact, it is hard contact. Having said that, Elias then played on the fact that Asal was dirty and tried to claim that way more was happening. Elias mental strength let him down. Also, the powerplay in the first game was farcical. Get it out of here. Overall, a poor advert for squash.
@@joevergreen Or just watch any match without Asal. Farag vs Coll was good. I like rivalries, however, it seems that Asal vs anyone is littered with issues.
I'd say there's some big Egyptian sponsors keeping the blatant ignorance going. Same thing for the goofy power play rules. I'm guessing so big donor wanted to have some influence on the game.
@@ssnova3210I'm watching his interview while reading your comment... its sad that he has all of these dirty tricks and all these Egyptians still cheer him on. He totally deserves a month or two suspension, but we all know where the $$ comes from. Very sad for the sport. I guess if your boy wins ... how he does it is irrelevant... really sad...
PSA really needs to ban Asal, but they just won't listen? This is a disgrace considering how so many people are against Asal and with his behavior today it further proves his lack of conduct. They simply just need to take action about this, but they aren't, which is so infuriateing
PSA gets too much money from Egypt to hand out bans. The thing is there are other current players with disgraceful conduct. Parker comes to mind... but you don't see much coverage of these lower ranked players with really poor sportsmanship.
1:33:52 - this is pure stroke. Asal didn't return back to the center. He returned back to the rigth side with the ball line and this way to block Elias. Can't belive that referee give a let here.
I can't really believe what my eyes witnessed today. Asal behavior deserve banning, but clearly the PSA won't do anything (as it's become repetitive with all Asal' situations). It's evident the way he's using his racquet to, at the minimum, block his opponent (without considering he might be hitting them on purpose like today with Elias, and few weeks back with Makin). And the referee? well, thank you for coming, Fella 😪
Now he is not only doing blocking, but dirty movement, physically using his hand to hold his opponent. Using his racket as a weapon to hitting his opponent ! Using his hand pushing all the time. Whats further ? but he still big smiling in front of the audience and feeling good ! Mental illness guy and he should be banned for another few months
Seriously, who came up with the idea of showing a free live match of Asal against Elias?? Like "hey, lets show those two chaps. All the fairness, sportsmanship and free flowing play, people new to the sport will love it!" WTF are you thinking???
Asal's attitude is really unpleasant, and it is impressive how it leaves you with the feeling that everyone present including the referees wanted the dirty guy to win, an unfortunate spectacle.
Asal is a cheat and liar. First he has TWO conduct stroke which one is for grabbing Elias hand (again) and then he lies about it in I post match interview. Every one saw it. What a disgrace for squash. @PSA shame on you
@@jomangeee What's your perspective on Asal, and how you want the game to be played? Personally, I've quit playing and watching for the most part. The evidence of Asal's conduct that I have is in particular, was the clearly intentional chop into Makin's forehead and the likewise clearly intentional grasping of fellow Egyptian Hesham's racquet to secure a winner. And apparently further interference in this match, though I haven't watched it yet. When I see this conduct and then see it go unpunished I feel sick to my stomach & outraged that it isn't being dealt with.
@@berenscott9347 each player is different, no doubt Asal is a good player with his own personality maybe not everybody's cup of tea but he seems to have his ardent supporters. You don't have to play to be a fan!
@@jomangeee He's an excellent player who intentionally cheats and gets away with it so far. And because he can get away with it, it's getting worse. I've played 5 times a week for a decade and never had a player intentionally leave the racquet in my space, let alone strike another player with it. You're taught to follow through into the air to make space for your opponent... Anyway, hope this gets dealt with as it can't continue.
You can see the local audience think Asal's game is acceptable. Won't be surprise the juniors will start to play the dirty game. PSA is doing well to let the rot fester.
One faul after another from Asal.. Maybe he spent a lot of time to learn making fauls.. 😢 And referee? Ordinary local sq player should be better.. Shame on PSA..
I just can’t understand how the crowd could happily cheer asal’s behavior. Having had champions like Gawad and Ashour you’d think they would appreciate good squash not hand grabbing and head bonking.
Crowd was non squashers or gentleman's.. Reacted by nationality. And sat referee between them. Maybe he simply fear to be objective? 😅 Disgusting game.. This game could win medal of worst referee judgement... 💩
Can't believe the referring team bottled that big decision by not giving Asal another conduct stroke. 3+ opportunities with the wild swinging and wrist grab.
What a rat! I play squash for 35 years now, never seen anything like it on this top level, this is not what squash is supposed to be. No sportsmanship or respect to be seen anywhere. Squash is such a beautiful sport but this was a discrace that should not have been allowed by the referee. He was one of my favorites as I like(d) his playing style. After this match he is just a rat.
The more I watched it the more obvious it became that Asal was continuously impeding or straight blocking Elias's movement. He played really attacking shots and blocked Elias's movement, Elias's balls were all over the place because he was continuously late to the ball. Asal should definitely be penalized more.
Don't think I've ever heard that particular ref make so many mistakes or not enforce enough. Several infringements and seemingly too scared to call match to Elias at the end. Asal seems to need to cheat to win and did anyone else notice him blowing a very sarcastic kiss at Elias early on? Poor. The PSA needs to deal with this sort of behaviour ASAP.
Asal w/o his evident cheating and physically hurting hardly could be so high.. Maybe his wife is PSA chairman daughter 😂. Or political correctness and fear to ban such guy for long time, because he is Egyptian...
The biggest loser is 1) the sport 2) the PSA leadership who should all be fired for letting Asal keep playing on tour. 1 year suspension immediately for endangering opponents.
When you have a 20 year old kid and his bad influence dad doing whatever they want with PSA, there is no leadership. PSA probably thinks there is no such thing as bad publicity for a sport in decline, but long term this will not be positive.
Make a highlight reel of the blocking and cheating from Asal. Play it for the PSA execs. Ban someone who cheats and blocks even after getting warned and penalized multiple times.
Honestly it’s not Asal we should blame for this horror show. It’s the PSA. John is arguably the most senior and experienced ref in the world and he’s incapable of consistently making the right calls. Asal is just pushing the laws of the game to their limits and every time he gets away with blocking, grabbing, and hitting his opponents, its tantamount to PSA giving him the green light. This power play circus is just another example of PSA flopping around without a clear vision for what this sport is.
Maybe the reason is simple why PSA do nothing... Fear.. That they will not be "politicaly correct" enough.. Disgusting.. Such approach ruine squash.. And another "his friend" in future could say, ok, if Asal can do it, why not me? And good clean playing players disappear..
That was hard to watch. Incredible insincerity from Asal. I get he’s trying to win, but there’s so much subtle cheating that most times only his opponent would know. It’s a nightmare from a referee’s perspective. If Asal were British he’d be suspended.
Yes, political correctness university, disgusting.. I hope will nor see more matches of this type.. Where is time of Ramy Ashour clean play.. Should be interesting to hear opinion of Ramy on his colleague..
I will stop watching squash. I'm sorry but the PSA has disgraced itself too much by allowing this guy to endanger others and continue to make a mockery of the game.
Terrible spectacle for squash and hugely damaging for the chances of getting in to the Olympics. Asal should be banned for games at a time for this kind of behaviour
It's so unsatisfying to watch Asal, he is obviously an extraordinary player, however he is clearly a dirty player, and it looks bad for squash that they allow him to continue to play the way he does. Ref could've handle the match better, and unfortunately Elias couldn't play a bit better and keep his head. Would've been nice for him to get through, so that at the very least Asal's actions weren't rewarded.
Elias won this game. 1:33:52 - this is pure stroke. Asal didn't return back to the center. He returned back to the rigth side with the ball line and this way to block Elias. Can't belive that referee give a let here. This was stroke and Elias won but referee did not allow it. The same with previous situation. 1:31:11 - putting the racket in front of Elias body with wrist using. It is a tramendous misunderstanding that the judges did not see it even with using video referee! Unbelievable.
it's not just the racket at the end of its natural swing. If it were that it would not hurt other players trying to play through. It's the force with which Asal keeps it at the end of the swing thereby ensuring it causes a blocking action on their opponent, or even whacking them.
What's up with this power play rule? So much confusion, it seems like this was implemented without any understanding. Can someone please explain what the heck was going on in game 1?
I thing, even referee did not know, what he wanted to do... Confused everybody.. Worst match ever I have seen... Combination of two dirty men: opponent and referee Elias has no chance to beat...
Asal is a complete disgrace for the beautiful game of Squash, it's a game for gentlemen , a game of true sportmanship , honesty and respect towards your opponent. The way Asal is playing has nothing to do with this values. PSA has to take action and BAN him for at least a year. Organisations of tournaments also can help by not inviting this player anymore for there tournaments. I really think it's the only way to learn him that his behaviour has to change. No one is bigger than the game itself, even if you have as much talent as him, with this kind of behaviour he isn't welcome to play our beautiful game.
I dont understand how are the people responsible , even allowing this kind of squash . Just imagine what lessons are you getting across to the younger generation , who are already cheering for such a conduct.
All cultures need time to grow up.. I admire and like a lot of Egyptian players, like Ramy, Gawad, etc.. But Egyptian spectators possibly not go to watch squash, just to see Their players.. In tenis spectators ussualy cheer up also for good opponent points..
it`s very easy to subtly block an opponent. You just hold a bit of tension in the arm on the follow-through, leaving the arm in that position a micro-second longer. Asal is master at it. If ever he becomes world no. 1 for any length of time, I`ll stop watching squash. I hope Elias reads all these comments below and derives some consolation from them.
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it's not just that, he even hits the opponent, after the swing he does a counter movement as he did with Makin and also here with Elias. Disgusting, he should be banned for good.
Asal already could write a book of "How to play dirty squash". And that referee could write an entry word to book.. If that guy will go up, I also will stop watching matches... PSA do not understand, that this guy also ruine their repotation?
Barely 20 seconds into the game and both commentators who are former players themselves are already puzzled by the refs decision. I know of no other sport, besides maybe rhythmic gymnastics, where this is possible
Asal is like a kid and the ref should be there to correct him and make sure there is a safe and fair playground. I think John should retire, he's had his best days, couldn't even keep names apart and let it completely escalate.
I'm pretty sure Asal requested a review on Elias's hit early in the first game because he didn't notice that it was a boast. He looks away right before Elias hit the ball and based on the racquet prep it looked like it was going to be a straight drive. And if that's what Elias had intended, then of course the resulting shot (a weak "cross" to middle court) would have been due to a carry. But instead, he subtly boasted it and Asal just missed that fact. Funny to see this kind of oversight at a very high pro level.
When will the PSA take PROPER action against Asal. I cannot in good faith recommend my casual squash friends to watch the game because of this player and everything he gets away with. If they truly care about the growth of the sport, they must be far far far stricter than they have been at any point thus far
We know that the real reason that squash can't get into Olympics is because it doesn't bring big money but the Olympics committee will always use this kind of match as an excuse that the quality and outcome of the game depends too much on the quality of refereeing. Sad for squash!
The entire match is rather for boxing, kick boxing (low kick) and another martial arts fans. Here it is presented with using racket and all not fair movements like grab opponent right hand, kicking ankles from behind (for that there is a red card and ejection from the field in soccer), hitting an opponent in the face with a racket from above, hitting in the face with using handle of racket, putting the racket on Elias body movement with wrist using (1:31:11 - I can't believe that judges given no let here!) and many others. Asal should rather compete in some sport in the ring, but certainly not on the squash court.
Maybe in future he spread his repertoire of biting. 😂 If if works why not.. And at end of game referee Mozzarella maybe have got Maseratti.. This was tragicomedy,Asal lesson "how squash should not look like"..
All bad decisions etc aside, powerplay rubbish needs to be either made super clear to all players well before being implemented, or binned completely. Embarrassing to watch.
Can someone start an open petition to gather signatures protesting against this sort of game and bring in reforms. Hand grabbing should be a game forfeit and 2 conduct strokes should be a match forfeit. Let’s bring pressure on the psa . They are the custodians of the game and need to be answerable to the fans
If you look at the first 4 rallies of the last game, Asal's back swing is way too exaggerated hence the reason for hitting Elias. I saw that before he even hit him.
Asal is the most unfair player ever, such players should be banned for life if they don't stop playing like this. He wouldn't need it at all, he plays great squash but humanly he's the worst.
Shameful play from Asal and terrible reffing. I don't understand how you can interfere with an opponent's raquet hand multiple times and not get a conduct game. Asal's movement is clean UNTIL the second he loses the advantage in a rally. He will use every push, elbow, and block he can to get a marginal benefit. All of his opponents never have these issues EXCEPT when they play Asal. His game is dirty.
disgusting player ever ! This match and the one play with Crouin a day before, shame on him. Watched his interview talking about the point that ref confirmed the ball is down but he still pretending and claimed the ball is good, and pretending innocent, really disgusting
I've never known why Joey and co constantly big up Mozzarella referee over the others, apart from the fact they seem to favour the Brits, because he was absolutely shocking in that first match. Haven't seen the rest yet but my god, poor Diego has suffered at the hands of these eejits for far too long and please will they finally start picking up Asal's very subtle movements (finally got him this time but he's been doing it all his career!)
PSA, you are doing this sport an injustice by letting this continue. Are you optimizing for internet clicks or good squash? seems like the former. I for one will stop watching any Asal games.
This guy is going to have an incredibly negative impact on this sport. I wouldn't want any kid who was interested in taking up squash watching this guy.
Asal goes too far and on this games evidence a cheat. I am balanced in the idea that there is dark arts in any sport, blocking/taking space is part of the game and it is quite acceptable at times. However he goes roo far. Contact is natural at times and it should be encouraged to play through interference. However examples of CLEARLY grabbing Elias’ arm and going over the line with taking space is too far. Must be awful to play against and is sad, if Asal is so good, he should do his talking with his Squash, let opponents play Squash against him, if he is better without all the gamesmanship he should win the match IMO. For this match alone I think there should have been some sort of DQ for Asal. He went overboard.
Just terrible squash. Is this the precedent we want to set? That blocking and grabbing your opponent can get you to reach world 1. There should be a rule that after the second conduct stroke its match. I have been playing for 15 years and never received a single conduct stroke yet Asal gets at least 3 in every match.
This is not good for the sport. Young and aspiring players are watching and being encouraged to emulate this kind of play as it clearly leads to agitating your opponent and wins. Asal should know better and as he seems to take long time to learn, the refs and PSA should at least show some maturity and integrity. Unlike football/soccer, most people watching actually have some experience on court and that makes watching it so much more painful. I am not watching any more of his matches, it hurts.
Asal is simply addicted to blocking his opponents. He used to do it with his legs, but once that became very obvious to everyone he started using his racket, or his left arm or even his left hand, deliberately grabbing his opponent's arm. It's disgusting! And such a shame, cause with his amazing skills and physical strength alone he could easily established himself as the top player in the world and a hero to all squash lovers out there. Instead, he's quickly becoming the most hated player of all time. He desperately needs therapy, and of course, much harsher punishment, for the sake of the sport.
He disguises it very well so that from the ref's point of view it is difficult to see, but when you see it from the front, it is blatant.
That should be a stroke ! The swing already end , and his further movement with the racket shown is definitely a conduct stroke, ref should give him a conduct stroke instead of let ball. he should be banned for another few months ! What he doing absolutely embarrassing the squash world
@@drubber007 exactly! the leg block was much easier to spot, so he refined his cheating strategy to the max. I think he might even have a specific coach and drills just for that purpose. lol
@@losuk8 you're absolutely right! though i think just giving him stroke after stroke would be enough to put a stop on his shenanigans, without the need for a total ban.
@@fernandoyunes9000 You know what, I thought the exact same thing....I really can imagine that he trains for it and has someone sat in the ref position to check if he's doing it right.
Every time Asal wins Squash loses. Killing the sport when it needs new hope
worse things happen in football (soccer) and it is thriving! some fans seem to get temper tantrums over nothing
@@jomangeee Do we really want to emulate Soccer? please no! I stopped watching it years ago because of the histrionics and acting going on in soccer
@@FiachnaG Soccer is the most popular sport worldwide, the antics make for wild entertainment
@@jomangeee And it would be watched by more if they sorted it out like they do in Rugby for example. Arguing with the ref, simulation of injury should all be driven out of the game but neither FIFA nor UEFA have any stomach for that
@@FiachnaG in general, you will never attract women to soccer or any sport enough to spend money. Guys spend on sports and love everything you hate about soccer.
Allowing Asal's type of squash to continue will only destroy the game. Even when he is occasionally punished for it, it sours the whole mood of the game and - wholly unfairly - rattles his opponents. The blatant grab of the hitting arm of Elias should have cost Asal the game. Period.
100%. Well said.
This is entirely on the PSA. If this is okay, fine. Be a fringe sport completely dependent on one unstable country. But if it's not, take action and authorize referees to disqualify him, then give them protection out of the building. That final "let" when Elias had match point was a laughably obvious stroke and Mazzarella was clearly too scared to call it.
I used to love this sport, when Matthew, Gaultier, Ashour, Shabana, Willstrop were playing with (generally) good sportsmanship and good attitudes to push each other to be the best players they can be.
This... Is a farce. Player side, referee side, rules side, all a farce. Terrible match.
Sometimes you don’t realize you’re in the golden age of something until it passes
Yes, exactly, golden time of gentelmanship of Ramy Ashour... I hope in future Asal on his matches will receive more objective referees, because this was by purpose blocking, hurting Elias...
Absolutely horrible match. Asal was up to all sorts, conduct strokes, his swing is very strange. Elias was right that Asal plays a shot and then holds his racket in place with power so that when there is inevitable contact, it is hard contact. Having said that, Elias then played on the fact that Asal was dirty and tried to claim that way more was happening. Elias mental strength let him down. Also, the powerplay in the first game was farcical. Get it out of here. Overall, a poor advert for squash.
A sad day for squash. Let’s go play pickle ball
@@joevergreen Or just watch any match without Asal. Farag vs Coll was good. I like rivalries, however, it seems that Asal vs anyone is littered with issues.
I'd say there's some big Egyptian sponsors keeping the blatant ignorance going. Same thing for the goofy power play rules. I'm guessing so big donor wanted to have some influence on the game.
@@ssnova3210I'm watching his interview while reading your comment... its sad that he has all of these dirty tricks and all these Egyptians still cheer him on. He totally deserves a month or two suspension, but we all know where the $$ comes from. Very sad for the sport. I guess if your boy wins ... how he does it is irrelevant... really sad...
It was a great game. Poor refereeing. You all need to grow up!!! It's a combative game. Get on with it and stop moaning!!!!!
PSA really needs to ban Asal, but they just won't listen? This is a disgrace considering how so many people are against Asal and with his behavior today it further proves his lack of conduct. They simply just need to take action about this, but they aren't, which is so infuriateing
He had been suspended at least once already. They're not doing nothing
I'd say there's some big Egyptian sponsors keeping the blatant ignorance going.
I wonder what Ali farag thinks about this disgrace.
John seriously needs to retire
PSA gets too much money from Egypt to hand out bans. The thing is there are other current players with disgraceful conduct. Parker comes to mind... but you don't see much coverage of these lower ranked players with really poor sportsmanship.
The whole World hates Asal's way of playing, why doesn't the PSA do something about it?????
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He is not a cheat, some decisions went against him some for him! I would say "Mozzarella" did a number on everyone, including the spectature
Parentally they are afraid of loosing audience….
the crowd seemed to like him
How can he hold his opponents hand and not be disqualified?
I would AT MINIMUM award a conduct game for this kind of thing
Yes. He shouldn't be allowed to get away with that at all.
In all honesty, in any other sports this would mean a red card. We can't allow this in squash...
because he did not! his hand collided with Elias thats about it
@@jomangeee😂😂😂 you need your eyes tested
1:33:52 - this is pure stroke. Asal didn't return back to the center. He returned back to the rigth side with the ball line and this way to block Elias. Can't belive that referee give a let here.
I can't really believe what my eyes witnessed today. Asal behavior deserve banning, but clearly the PSA won't do anything (as it's become repetitive with all Asal' situations). It's evident the way he's using his racquet to, at the minimum, block his opponent (without considering he might be hitting them on purpose like today with Elias, and few weeks back with Makin).
And the referee? well, thank you for coming, Fella 😪
Now he is not only doing blocking, but dirty movement, physically using his hand to hold his opponent. Using his racket as a weapon to hitting his opponent ! Using his hand pushing all the time. Whats further ? but he still big smiling in front of the audience and feeling good ! Mental illness guy and he should be banned for another few months
Asal is the filthiest player to ever set foot in a professional squash court.
Egyptian crowds have always been weird but What I don't get is how the crowd can still cheer for Asal even tho it's so obvious what he is doing.
Asal's conduct atrocious as usual. But the reffing was horrendous as well.
I'd say there's some big Egyptian sponsors keeping the blatant ignorance going.
Reffing is a shame. he should lose the match or game for his cheating. PERIOD
Seriously, who came up with the idea of showing a free live match of Asal against Elias?? Like "hey, lets show those two chaps. All the fairness, sportsmanship and free flowing play, people new to the sport will love it!" WTF are you thinking???
i'd say it was very interesting to say the least, well done
This match is one big farce. It's so dirty there's more time to see what Asal has done again than to really compete.
This game was caricature of squash.. Shame on Asal and referee..
Asal's attitude is really unpleasant, and it is impressive how it leaves you with the feeling that everyone present including the referees wanted the dirty guy to win, an unfortunate spectacle.
What do you mean? The ref was so biased against him
Asal is a cheat and liar. First he has TWO conduct stroke which one is for grabbing Elias hand (again) and then he lies about it in I post match interview. Every one saw it. What a disgrace for squash. @PSA shame on you
Salty fans, thats what this amount to
@@jomangeee What's your perspective on Asal, and how you want the game to be played?
Personally, I've quit playing and watching for the most part. The evidence of Asal's conduct that I have is in particular, was the clearly intentional chop into Makin's forehead and the likewise clearly intentional grasping of fellow Egyptian Hesham's racquet to secure a winner. And apparently further interference in this match, though I haven't watched it yet.
When I see this conduct and then see it go unpunished I feel sick to my stomach & outraged that it isn't being dealt with.
@@berenscott9347 each player is different, no doubt Asal is a good player with his own personality maybe not everybody's cup of tea but he seems to have his ardent supporters. You don't have to play to be a fan!
@@jomangeee He's an excellent player who intentionally cheats and gets away with it so far. And because he can get away with it, it's getting worse.
I've played 5 times a week for a decade and never had a player intentionally leave the racquet in my space, let alone strike another player with it.
You're taught to follow through into the air to make space for your opponent...
Anyway, hope this gets dealt with as it can't continue.
You can see the local audience think Asal's game is acceptable. Won't be surprise the juniors will start to play the dirty game. PSA is doing well to let the rot fester.
One faul after another from Asal.. Maybe he spent a lot of time to learn making fauls.. 😢 And referee? Ordinary local sq player should be better.. Shame on PSA..
I haven’t watched squash for a while I’m in disbelief in the amount of movements there, the sport shouldn’t be played that way
I just can’t understand how the crowd could happily cheer asal’s behavior. Having had champions like Gawad and Ashour you’d think they would appreciate good squash not hand grabbing and head bonking.
Crowd was non squashers or gentleman's.. Reacted by nationality. And sat referee between them. Maybe he simply fear to be objective? 😅 Disgusting game.. This game could win medal of worst referee judgement... 💩
Can't believe the referring team bottled that big decision by not giving Asal another conduct stroke. 3+ opportunities with the wild swinging and wrist grab.
What a rat! I play squash for 35 years now, never seen anything like it on this top level, this is not what squash is supposed to be. No sportsmanship or respect to be seen anywhere. Squash is such a beautiful sport but this was a discrace that should not have been allowed by the referee. He was one of my favorites as I like(d) his playing style. After this match he is just a rat.
Agree
Agree, just imagine, how should feel Elias.. Knowing, that he could do anything, and nothing help... Mozzarella referee allowed this...
Elias should’ve won that with the stroke at the end. Well played.
The more I watched it the more obvious it became that Asal was continuously impeding or straight blocking Elias's movement. He played really attacking shots and blocked Elias's movement, Elias's balls were all over the place because he was continuously late to the ball. Asal should definitely be penalized more.
I'd say there's some big Egyptian sponsors keeping the blatant ignorance going.
I just cancelled my Squash TV subscription. They did ask for the reason in the formular and I just answered: "Mostafa Asal".
Don't think I've ever heard that particular ref make so many mistakes or not enforce enough. Several infringements and seemingly too scared to call match to Elias at the end. Asal seems to need to cheat to win and did anyone else notice him blowing a very sarcastic kiss at Elias early on? Poor. The PSA needs to deal with this sort of behaviour ASAP.
even mixing up the countries in the announcements previous to the game, ... Elias from Egypt, Asal from peru. Nervous arbitrage to begin with I guess
@@gerbrandmijzen1371 yes i noticed that too but put it down to a fault of the video itself.
Egyptian crowd also has a big journey before them to be more objective anyway.. Only one good thing was in this game.: Elias❤
Asal is a cheat and a liar. He should not "deal with refeeres", he should develop some character and moral.
Asal w/o his evident cheating and physically hurting hardly could be so high.. Maybe his wife is PSA chairman daughter 😂. Or political correctness and fear to ban such guy for long time, because he is Egyptian...
The biggest loser is 1) the sport 2) the PSA leadership who should all be fired for letting Asal keep playing on tour. 1 year suspension immediately for endangering opponents.
When you have a 20 year old kid and his bad influence dad doing whatever they want with PSA, there is no leadership. PSA probably thinks there is no such thing as bad publicity for a sport in decline, but long term this will not be positive.
@@trinerd 100%. Your assessment is surely spot on, unfortunately for us lovers of the sport.
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It was the most disgusting and pathetic squash match of all time since squash matches have been played on the planet.
Really dislike the lack of sportsmanship Asal has and the clear bias of the crowd. wish this tournament was in another country.
We need some younger ref's with a keener eye.
To put myself in a very positive perspective, I rather admires all Egyptians except Asal.
What an absolute joke for the PSA. And the people wonder why squash is not in the Olympics. TOTAL CLOWN SHOW
Make a highlight reel of the blocking and cheating from Asal. Play it for the PSA execs. Ban someone who cheats and blocks even after getting warned and penalized multiple times.
Honestly it’s not Asal we should blame for this horror show. It’s the PSA. John is arguably the most senior and experienced ref in the world and he’s incapable of consistently making the right calls. Asal is just pushing the laws of the game to their limits and every time he gets away with blocking, grabbing, and hitting his opponents, its tantamount to PSA giving him the green light. This power play circus is just another example of PSA flopping around without a clear vision for what this sport is.
Maybe the reason is simple why PSA do nothing... Fear.. That they will not be "politicaly correct" enough.. Disgusting.. Such approach ruine squash.. And another "his friend" in future could say, ok, if Asal can do it, why not me? And good clean playing players disappear..
Asal is bandit legitimized by biased referees.
That was hard to watch. Incredible insincerity from Asal. I get he’s trying to win, but there’s so much subtle cheating that most times only his opponent would know. It’s a nightmare from a referee’s perspective. If Asal were British he’d be suspended.
Yes, political correctness university, disgusting.. I hope will nor see more matches of this type.. Where is time of Ramy Ashour clean play.. Should be interesting to hear opinion of Ramy on his colleague..
I will stop watching squash. I'm sorry but the PSA has disgraced itself too much by allowing this guy to endanger others and continue to make a mockery of the game.
Terrible spectacle for squash and hugely damaging for the chances of getting in to the Olympics. Asal should be banned for games at a time for this kind of behaviour
It's so unsatisfying to watch Asal, he is obviously an extraordinary player, however he is clearly a dirty player, and it looks bad for squash that they allow him to continue to play the way he does. Ref could've handle the match better, and unfortunately Elias couldn't play a bit better and keep his head. Would've been nice for him to get through, so that at the very least Asal's actions weren't rewarded.
Elias won this game. 1:33:52 - this is pure stroke. Asal didn't return back to the center. He returned back to the rigth side with the ball line and this way to block Elias. Can't belive that referee give a let here. This was stroke and Elias won but referee did not allow it. The same with previous situation. 1:31:11 - putting the racket in front of Elias body with wrist using. It is a tramendous misunderstanding that the judges did not see it even with using video referee! Unbelievable.
Should have been conduct match for Elias at 8 all in the 3rd
it's not just the racket at the end of its natural swing. If it were that it would not hurt other players trying to play through. It's the force with which Asal keeps it at the end of the swing thereby ensuring it causes a blocking action on their opponent, or even whacking them.
What's up with this power play rule? So much confusion, it seems like this was implemented without any understanding. Can someone please explain what the heck was going on in game 1?
I thing, even referee did not know, what he wanted to do... Confused everybody.. Worst match ever I have seen... Combination of two dirty men: opponent and referee Elias has no chance to beat...
Dude I don't wanna even see this. I skipped ahead to the Asshøl winning and was like "nope: let paddle-tennis and pickle-ball reign"
Something has to be done about Asal, I have never seen so many interruptions in a game, he is ruining the sport. He is a cheat and refs are too weak!!
He wasn't the one interupting the game. Diego was the only one arguing
Asal is a complete disgrace for the beautiful game of Squash, it's a game for gentlemen , a game of true sportmanship , honesty and respect towards your opponent. The way Asal is playing has nothing to do with this values. PSA has to take action and BAN him for at least a year. Organisations of tournaments also can help by not inviting this player anymore for there tournaments. I really think it's the only way to learn him that his behaviour has to change. No one is bigger than the game itself, even if you have as much talent as him, with this kind of behaviour he isn't welcome to play our beautiful game.
I dont understand how are the people responsible , even allowing this kind of squash . Just imagine what lessons are you getting across to the younger generation , who are already cheering for such a conduct.
All cultures need time to grow up.. I admire and like a lot of Egyptian players, like Ramy, Gawad, etc.. But Egyptian spectators possibly not go to watch squash, just to see Their players.. In tenis spectators ussualy cheer up also for good opponent points..
it`s very easy to subtly block an opponent. You just hold a bit of tension in the arm on the follow-through, leaving the arm in that position a micro-second longer. Asal is master at it.
If ever he becomes world no. 1 for any length of time, I`ll stop watching squash.
I hope Elias reads all these comments below and derives some consolation from them.
it's not just that, he even hits the opponent, after the swing he does a counter movement as he did with Makin and also here with Elias. Disgusting, he should be banned for good.
He's already been world number 1
Asal already could write a book of "How to play dirty squash". And that referee could write an entry word to book.. If that guy will go up, I also will stop watching matches...
PSA do not understand, that this guy also ruine their repotation?
Not nice to see, squash should be enjoyed not the darkside 😮
Barely 20 seconds into the game and both commentators who are former players themselves are already puzzled by the refs decision. I know of no other sport, besides maybe rhythmic gymnastics, where this is possible
Is this squash? Really?
Asal has blocked so long its part of his game....without better umpires it will continue.
Flush this power play nonsense...Its supposed to create excitement not confusion and stress..
Asal is like a kid and the ref should be there to correct him and make sure there is a safe and fair playground. I think John should retire, he's had his best days, couldn't even keep names apart and let it completely escalate.
there was at least 3 conduct strokes..... asal shd be disqualified kapish
He’s putting me off squash to be honest
I'm pretty sure Asal requested a review on Elias's hit early in the first game because he didn't notice that it was a boast. He looks away right before Elias hit the ball and based on the racquet prep it looked like it was going to be a straight drive. And if that's what Elias had intended, then of course the resulting shot (a weak "cross" to middle court) would have been due to a carry. But instead, he subtly boasted it and Asal just missed that fact.
Funny to see this kind of oversight at a very high pro level.
When will the PSA take PROPER action against Asal. I cannot in good faith recommend my casual squash friends to watch the game because of this player and everything he gets away with. If they truly care about the growth of the sport, they must be far far far stricter than they have been at any point thus far
Who said cheats never prosper?
We know that the real reason that squash can't get into Olympics is because it doesn't bring big money but the Olympics committee will always use this kind of match as an excuse that the quality and outcome of the game depends too much on the quality of refereeing. Sad for squash!
The entire match is rather for boxing, kick boxing (low kick) and another martial arts fans. Here it is presented with using racket and all not fair movements like grab opponent right hand, kicking ankles from behind (for that there is a red card and ejection from the field in soccer), hitting an opponent in the face with a racket from above, hitting in the face with using handle of racket, putting the racket on Elias body movement with wrist using (1:31:11 - I can't believe that judges given no let here!) and many others. Asal should rather compete in some sport in the ring, but certainly not on the squash court.
Asal is a disgrace to the sport.. grabbing opponent's arm/ racket, never seen such dirty play before
Maybe in future he spread his repertoire of biting. 😂 If if works why not.. And at end of game referee Mozzarella maybe have got Maseratti.. This was tragicomedy,Asal lesson "how squash should not look like"..
This really is a shocker..
Disgusting, needs a ban asap
Cheat player ...
Diego Elias from Egypt and Asal from Peru
Am I the only one
I notices, too! Thank you
I can't watch this citizen playing for even 10 seconds
Always lots of unnecessary drama no matter who Asal plays. Not enjoyable squash at all!
All bad decisions etc aside, powerplay rubbish needs to be either made super clear to all players well before being implemented, or binned completely. Embarrassing to watch.
It's not squash anymore😢 This is aggressive boxing.......very very disappointing
Agreed, BUT: boxing only from one side.. Elias was like a boxing bag..
At 1 hour and 12 minutes: the first NORMAL PLAYED point. What a match!
that was so dirt
Mazzarella and that video ref need to be retired. Pronto!
Hands down the worst display of reffing I’ve ever seen.
The fact that Asal won just goes to show there's no justice in this world.
Asal is a cheater
Cheat, not good for squash.
Why they give to ref match like this to blind people......?
why is Asal even playing in this tournament after holding Heshams racket and blocking Makin..
what a shocking show of sportsmanship from both of these kids. Couldn't even make it through the match.
WTF referee
Can someone start an open petition to gather signatures protesting against this sort of game and bring in reforms. Hand grabbing should be a game forfeit and 2 conduct strokes should be a match forfeit. Let’s bring pressure on the psa . They are the custodians of the game and need to be answerable to the fans
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If you look at the first 4 rallies of the last game, Asal's back swing is way too exaggerated hence the reason for hitting Elias. I saw that before he even hit him.
Asal is the most unfair player ever, such players should be banned for life if they don't stop playing like this.
He wouldn't need it at all, he plays great squash but humanly he's the worst.
Shameful play from Asal and terrible reffing. I don't understand how you can interfere with an opponent's raquet hand multiple times and not get a conduct game.
Asal's movement is clean UNTIL the second he loses the advantage in a rally. He will use every push, elbow, and block he can to get a marginal benefit. All of his opponents never have these issues EXCEPT when they play Asal. His game is dirty.
the decision must be conduct match and over !
Unfortunately once again not a good advertisement for squash
disgusting player ever ! This match and the one play with Crouin a day before, shame on him. Watched his interview talking about the point that ref confirmed the ball is down but he still pretending and claimed the ball is good, and pretending innocent, really disgusting
I've never known why Joey and co constantly big up Mozzarella referee over the others, apart from the fact they seem to favour the Brits, because he was absolutely shocking in that first match. Haven't seen the rest yet but my god, poor Diego has suffered at the hands of these eejits for far too long and please will they finally start picking up Asal's very subtle movements (finally got him this time but he's been doing it all his career!)
it was 9-11
Squash like this won’t make it to Olympics ever. This sport has no clear rules but depends on the umpire of the day.
The last one was undoubtedly a stroke. I’ve no idea why Masarella is they much indulgent to Asal.
PSA, you are doing this sport an injustice by letting this continue. Are you optimizing for internet clicks or good squash? seems like the former. I for one will stop watching any Asal games.
Johns gota retire and adjacent will get yah round and about to the ball
This guy is going to have an incredibly negative impact on this sport. I wouldn't want any kid who was interested in taking up squash watching this guy.
Asal goes too far and on this games evidence a cheat.
I am balanced in the idea that there is dark arts in any sport, blocking/taking space is part of the game and it is quite acceptable at times. However he goes roo far.
Contact is natural at times and it should be encouraged to play through interference.
However examples of CLEARLY grabbing Elias’ arm and going over the line with taking space is too far.
Must be awful to play against and is sad, if Asal is so good, he should do his talking with his Squash, let opponents play Squash against him, if he is better without all the gamesmanship he should win the match IMO.
For this match alone I think there should have been some sort of DQ for Asal. He went overboard.
At times I do feel Elias should have played through but my point still stands
Another terrible match. Shocking that PSA cannot manage one bad apple. Very dissappointed for Diego. This might compromise his #1 battle with Farag.
Diego lost because he wasn't as good.Stop making excuses
@@shinhawkins4411 you're either biased or don't know the game enough if you're saying that
Just terrible squash. Is this the precedent we want to set? That blocking and grabbing your opponent can get you to reach world 1. There should be a rule that after the second conduct stroke its match. I have been playing for 15 years and never received a single conduct stroke yet Asal gets at least 3 in every match.
This is not good for the sport. Young and aspiring players are watching and being encouraged to emulate this kind of play as it clearly leads to agitating your opponent and wins.
Asal should know better and as he seems to take long time to learn, the refs and PSA should at least show some maturity and integrity.
Unlike football/soccer, most people watching actually have some experience on court and that makes watching it so much more painful. I am not watching any more of his matches, it hurts.
Asal swings way too wide on purpose and he holds his racket after the end of the swing.
He should have been disqualified in this game.