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The Guardian - UK
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Israel’s Saied Abu Farchi sent off for corner flag celebration in defeat by Austria

Saied Abu Farchi holds the corner flag aloft
Saied Abu Farchi, who had been booked four minutes earlier, is shown a red card after his goal celebration. Photograph: Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFP/Getty Images

Israel’s forward Saied Abu Farchi was ⁠sent off as a result of his goal celebration against Austria in ⁠his side’s 3-1 ​Nations League defeat on Thursday.

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.

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