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A-LEAGUE chiefs have conceded that Melbourne Victory was robbed of a penalty when Brisbane Roar captain Matt Smith's foul on Mark Milligan went unpunished in Sunday night's semi-final.
Meanwhile, Victory coach Kevin Muscat looks set to escape Football Federation Association sanction after blasting referee Strebre Delovski's decision not to award a spot-kick, which probably would have sent the game into extra time.
The decision remained the key talking point among fans on Monday and also among players and officials at the Johnny Warren Medal awards in Randwick.
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And it has cost Delovski any chance of refereeing Sunday's grand final between Roar and Western Sydney at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, with Ben Williams or Peter Green set to be given the nod.
Smith collected the legs of the Victory skipper in injury time as Milligan skipped past him and was about to unleash a shot at Michael Theo's goal from close range.
Replays showed Delovski was about to put the whistle in his mouth before changing his mind, meaning Brisbane secured a grand final berth with a 1-0 win. Head of A-League chief Damien de Bohun admitted in a statement Delovski should have awarded a penalty.
"The performance of Strebre Delovski in the semi-final in Brisbane has been reviewed in the normal manner," De Bohun said.
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"Overall Strebre's performance was very good, but the review found that Matt Smith made contact with Mark Milligan towards the end of the match and that a decision to award a penalty kick would have been warranted. There's often an element of doubt in the nature of collisions in a football match. The referee must be beyond doubt in making these calls.
"In relation to comments made by Kevin Muscat post-match, we will remind Kevin about the importance of respecting the role of match officials at all times."
Delovski also drew a stinging reaction from Muscat after the 4-0 loss to Melbourne Heart on March 1 when he apologised to Nick Ansell for harshly sending the defender off for a shirt tug on David Williams. Muscat made a beeline for officials at the final whistle on Sunday and was furious in an interview with Fox Sports moments later.
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The anger hadn't subsided when he fronted the print media 15 minutes later when he began opening the a press conference with a serve then said he had moved on before revisiting the incident.
"You think to yourself I don't think I'll go through my career with a clearer penalty shout that's not given after that one in Korea and the official tonight has proved me wrong,'' Muscat said.
"To get such a simple decision wrong, and there's four of them out there." That's why it's hard to take, because the players have put in an extreme amount over the last six or seven weeks.''
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