Summary The player was also fined $10,000
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Asia s football body has ordered Saudi club Al Ittihad to play its next Asian Football Confederation (AFC) home match behind closed doors, without any spectators, as a result of fan misbehaviour.
In its latest list of decisions released Friday, the AFC s Disciplinary Committee said the club s supporters had thrown bottles at the field on several occasions, with one of them hitting a player from Uzbekistan s Lokomotiv club on March 1.
The football body also suspended Amer Sharifi, a player from Jordan s Al Wehdat club, for six AFC Cup matches "for offensive behaviour and insulting gestures at the referee", during a match against Lebanon s Ahed FC.
The player was also fined $10,000 and warned that a repeat violation would result in more severe punishment in the future.
