SQUASH. Pushing, shoving, blocking and questionable decisions

[@martincollins6632]

There is a mixture of good, bad and questionable calls here. Decision fatigue is going to be a huge problem in a game like this. The referee needed to take a hard line much earlier in the game and issue conduct warnings. Between games the referee should have spoke to the players as they are both intent of playing the man and playing to a part of the court that they are closing off with their bodies. Fallows, is play looks more problematic because of his large frame, also he is easily able to push his opponent around due the the significant difference in mass between the players. Both players very poor sportsmanship shown. This would have been a nightmare of a game to referee and to try and keep control. I would have started issuing conduct strokes.

[@justreason5868]

The referee should have controlled the game better

[@petercipriano5659]

Shocking reffing here and pathetic embarrassment of a showing from the players

[@jacobpaint]

It looked like the big guy was deliberately positioning himself behind the shorter player when he realised he had put himself in a bad position then pushed him in the back as soon as he had hit the ball. They were both questionable and I can't say if one started it but if one player was being difficult and the ref wasn't calling it well then the other player could have started to get frustrated and feel like they need to play the same way if the ref is going to reward it. I can't imagine how the ref didn't penalise him for that one push in the back on left mid court. If the shorter guy wasn't already feeling frustrated and pushing things himself then that would really change the tone of the match.

[@NotempoT]

In the last 5-7 years there's been a significant shift in the way top PSA events are officiated. It improved the game. Those tactics don't work anymore if the official is one of the top PSA guys/gals. I watched that tournament when it was happening in 2013. El Hammany went on to beat Fares Dessouky in the final I believe...when Fares was pretty unstoppable at that age group.

[@corgikun2579]

Hello internet, my real name is Mostafa Asal, and I'm 8 years old. Hello. I'm here to take notes on this beautiful game. I wanna be a player

[@darangsh]

Everybody resembles Asal’s play

[@mikehardwicke23]

?

[@stephenlo1092]

He is an young idiot from day one ! No matter how good he is he never be a real Champion ! nothing more

[@ewallt]

Ref needs to take command early on. Squash is no fun unless both players cooperate in their clearing. There’s no call to push, except very minimally to show effort for a let.

[@EdwardLindon]

Terrible sportsmanship. Some players think they just own the court. One older man I played with used to push off my back to propel himself in the *opposite* direction (b/c he was v easy to fake and had no leg strength). Also had an outrageous swing and insisted that all drop shots be at least a foot above the tin (to spare his knees). Ditched him quick.

[@michaelzhang3881]

This match shows why squash hasn’t been accepted by olympics yet

[@dontwatchdotorg]

Then why is hockey in the olympics

[@urbanspjuth3352]

@@dontwatchdotorg Not really the same, is it? In ishockey u r supposed to play with a lot of body contacts.

[@dontwatchdotorg]

@@urbanspjuth3352 There are actual fights that happen in hockey

[@urbanspjuth3352]

And then there will be penalties. But this has absolutely nothing to do with why squash is not an Olympic sport.

[@dontwatchdotorg]

@@urbanspjuth3352 That's my point lol, this isn't the reason squash isn't in the olympics

[@stevehughes1510]

What a shambles, the ref had a really bad outing with that one.......not good at all.

[@martincitodiaz8314]

na hermano, como manchan este hermoso deporte, en mis tiempos esto se disfrutaba, ya estoy aburrido de ver gente que juegue sucio, ya no existe un amor al SQUASH *carita triste*

[@peterpeirce3928]

Guys like this have to play tournaments, because nobody will play them for fun.

[@kashifjaved4545]

Horrible play! No warning from referee strange.

[@sudheerchauhan7267]

Worst match by both players.. disgusting and disturbing

[@watching99134]

Lol that makes me feel better about my reffing, that was *by far* the worst reffing I've ever seen in person or on film in my life (I generally hate conspiracy theories but I would also want to launch an investigation into that ref's finances).

[@CSSdelvzy]

3:40 WHAT IS THAT?!?!? HAHAHAHAHAH NO LET he literally just runs him over with his backhand just hit it on your forehand my guy, what a pathetic game this was.

[@philgarrett5498]

Guy in the addidas top looking for everything. Got loads of decisions he didn't deserve. Makes squash look ridiculous. Thanks ref for nothing.

[@yaboiicj94]

I thought asal was bad..holy shit

[@mankedek6588]

they really love each other.

[@us-Bahn]

Could argue it’s better in a match like this to hit away from your opponent

[@wesleygordon9413]

When it gets like this in any sport you have to learn to play through the physicality. Nothing good or bad just play hard and learn to be physical. It can happen in any sport. Except bowling I guess.

[@Mveup]

Pretty sure the English guy only started being like that because of the calls and how the guy is faking

[@urbanspjuth3352]

because of the calls...??? The English guy should have hade a bunch of strokes called against him because of the obstructions he was committing every time he played a short shot from the front court! And thats without all the penalties that should have been called even if this had been an ishockey match!

[@EdwardLindon]

Fallows was slow to clear and played sloppy shots that his opponent could easily get. Check out the AJ Bell England Squash Challenge 2020 - Men's Finals Roundup with Fallows and Charlie Lee to see how he plays against a more dominant (still physically smaller) opponent.

[@watching99134]

@@urbanspjuth3352 No the shorter player kept taking the wrong line (in front instead of behind).

[@mikehardwicke23]

He's 'at it' in every match I watch. It's actually bullying in this instance given the size difference.

[@richfallows390]

Who are you implying?

[@mikehardwicke23]

@@richfallows390 Asal of course.

[@xxdd6697]

@@mikehardwicke23 that’s not asal

[@us-Bahn]

That’s funny. I totally assumed it was a young Asal, too. But the absence of the dragged blocking back leg got me thinking, “did Asal learn that later?” Shows how conditioned we are to associating Asal with the words blocking, pushing, and obstruction.

[@mikehardwicke23]

@@us-Bahn Every trick in book, every match IMO.

[@JoaoCunha-wd1nj]

That’s the kind of game is not worth watching. People are there to have fun, this is just painful to watch

[@JP-cw1hk]

many decisions because both players are such warriors with high physical capacity. Both choose balls to bother adversary the most … Both are tricky sometime. I’ve seen 2 or maybe 3 calls that look very bad. Other look OK for me … OK mean we are in the blurie zone and you need to be consistent. People who are playing squash like senators will don’t like … They like clean rally but they also choose many time tricky shots to bother adversary … People who play high level sport (not only squash) know how fighting spirit is important. Asal take a very big space when he swing and use his physical to block the way … His opponent did the same but he is not strong enough so Asal made him fly … And of course with time players get tired, they don’t want to keep doing the best effort and go straight. Both players are not perfectly clean … Both players are warriors and gave there best … Both players made the show ! Squash rules are too blury to be an olympic game and referees are way too importants. Blame our game, not the players who trained for hours and do there best on court. People who don’t understand high level competition should just jeep there comments for Sunday local competitons …

[@kaihui1965]

Squash is a flawed sports that both players are on the same side. Calls for stroke and let are quite subjective

[@losuk8]

Terrible ref, far below standard ! No warning or anything telling the players what’s actually they should do and need to be aware of while playing

[@pumareforma1069]

Tiene que desplazarse, si tiene que ganar el centro de la cancha para dominar, pero si no lo saca de ahí al moreno, es muy difícil, y tiene que correr y crear una estrategia para adueñarse del centro, el provocar faltas inexistentes es mucha flojera

[@binfiorever]

ok~~ next !! asal~~!!

[@fineart10]

Asal is crazy.... Must be retired from tours

[@sarahcox2047]

The ref allowed this nonsense to go on and on the players and umpires should be ashamed of themselves, cheap lets allow for soft play the attitudes of these 2 explains why they didn't elevate into the mens rankings, no maturity at all.

[@Robertsmith-xl9ix]

Bandana man is the problem the rest of what happens is created in response to his actions in my opinion. Just play without cheating young man otherwise it's going to be a bad outcome.

[@ulrichulrichulrich]

The players always try to cheat, their behavior is baddest sportmanship. The Ref has no clear line, and also to many bad and wrong decisions. Why not a warning on the very first heavy contact against the opponent? No one wants to see such bad games.

[@essexa777]

you guys need to learn how to access a ball, you cant just put yourself in trouble, its your own problem most times

[@tclim607]

These guys must have come from the same squash academy as Asal.

[@kimozz8187]

these commentators are horrible how did they call it a "size difference" this video clearly illustrates why squash isn't in the olympics.The referee aswell didn't punish Richie at all.

[@seifmaharem3325]

Gada3

[@eyeles]

Dude I'm 205 with 125kg. When I played (amateur) I just said let without pushing/touching the other since they could've died. Once I went to a tournament and a guy was running into me all the time heavily and was also blocking me. I asked lets even when it was clearly stroke and he was whining that I didn't even try to go there, and ref agreed. You can imagine that next time I simply went through his body and played all the balls. Since he was a tough guy he liked it but I never went to a squash tournament since I hated to play that way. Same happened here in my view, both guys got angry so the larger one obviously did the same as the small.

[@MrClasicas]

habría estado mejor un encuentro de judo...jeje

[@samk4112]

referee is embarrassment to the sport, if you cannot be fair don't get involved. Richie needs to be kicked out of the sport completely.

[@lauragraham7333]

What’s your ranking Sam ? Just curious 🧐

[@urbanspjuth3352]

@@lauragraham7333 what's he's ranking? Really? get a grip...

[@richfallows390]

@@urbanspjuth3352 been top 50 in the world for the 5+ years 😂😂😂👍🏽

[@urbanspjuth3352]

@@richfallows390 Nope, never ever been even close to that. And never said so either. So dont get your point.

[@richfallows390]

@@urbanspjuth3352 the point is you guys are saying that Richie should not be able to do his job etc because of one match. Did you not make mistakes at 17/18. He has gone on to win many titles and is one of the nicest guys on tour but you don’t want him to set foot on a court again because of this? Because of a push 😂😂 you guys need to find something better to do

[@craigrider9822]

Ugly game to referee. The tall guy should have been penalized for Pushing and Shoving. Came to play Squash not Box.

[@kushalthapa3548]

Referee looked biased towards that tall lad.

[@jamieboyce2970]

Ref pretty poor, players don’t help with the acting

[@islamabdalatef3910]

Wow playing Egypt asal or ramy Hhhhhhhhhh

[@vandrickinman-benavente1975]

Looks like someone has been watching too much Asal

[@AdrianFulneczek]

But this is from 2013. 😅

[@urbanspjuth3352]

I really hope Richie Fallows didn't go on to be a pro, hate player's like that, quite disgusting! Bad referee without a backbone. The commentary also seems rather England biased.

[@noahduckworth2974]

He has been top 50 in the world for the last 5 years one of the nicest people I have ever met.

[@urbanspjuth3352]

@@noahduckworth2974 Well he certainly didn't show anything of that nice personality in that match...

[@yaboiicj94]

@@noahduckworth2974 off the court I'm sure, but in this match he's just a twat

[@lauragraham7333]

I’m just wondering if you follow squash at all ? Or have you been missing for the past 10 years …. Must be a squash expert 😅

[@urbanspjuth3352]

@@lauragraham7333 How so Laura? Because I cant be bothered to know the names of all top 100 by heart?

[@mohammadnajib8472]

Thats why i dont like this sports