Pintilii accused of racial abuse

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Al Ain striker Asamoah Gyan has?accused Al Hilal midfielder Mihai?Pintilii of racially abusing him dur-ing an Asian Champions league?semi-final second leg on Tuesday.wpid-asamoah-gyan1.jpg

The alleged incident occurred after?Gyan was sent off with 20 minutes?left, for a challenge on Salem Al-Dawsari.

Romanian Pintilii, 29, ran over to?Gyan to remonstrate, which sparked a?melee between players from both?sides.

?He [Pintilii] said an abusive?word,? said Ghana captain Gyan, 28.

?The player has no right to tell me?what he did. He said something to me?which made me upset.

?He knows what he said, you can?ask him. He knows what he said.?

Emirates club Al Ain, who won the?second leg 2-1 but lost 4-2 on aggre-gate to their Saudi opponents, are?expected to launch a formal complaint?to the Asian Football Confederation?after gathering more details about the?case.

Gyan, who originally joined the?club on loan from Sunderland in 2011
before making the deal permanent a?year later, was involved in some push-ing and shoving before leaving the?field.

He said he deserved the red card,?which was shown after a lunging tackle on winger Al-Dawsari when the?sides were level at 1-1 on the night.

?I must confess it was a harsh tackle. But in my mind I did not go for the?player, I just went in strong for the?ball,? added Gyan. ?I am a professional.

?The referee took his decision. It is?football so I cannot complain. I lost my?head a bit, but life goes on.?

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