Saudi Arabia Vs Indonesia Match Led By Controversial Referee, Adham Makhadmeh

JAKARTA - Jordanian referee Adham Makhadmeh will lead the match of the Indonesian vs Saudi Arabia national team. This news is quite astonishing because Mahhadmeh is known as a controversial referee.

The meeting of the Indonesian vs Saudi Arabia national team was the first meeting of the two teams in the Third Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification. Lasting Friday, September 6, 2024, early morning WIB, the match will take place at King Abdullah Stadium, Jeddah.

Adham Makhadmeh himself is a foreign figure for football lovers in the country. He is known to have led a number of matches in Liga 1 2024/2025.

This season, Adham Makhadmeh has been trusted to lead four 2024/2025 Liga 1 matches, namely Semen Padang vs Borneo FC (12 August 2024), Barito vs Madura United (16 August 2024), PSS vs Persik (19 August 2024), and Persib vs Arema (25 August 2024).

Positively, the three teams with the status of the visitors from the four matches managed to get points when they were led by Adham Makhadmeh. Borneo successfully defeated the host Semen Padang 3-1, then Persik won 2-0 at home to PSS, and Arema managed to hold the hosts Persib 1-1.

Meanwhile, Makhadmeh was considered controversial because he had been protested by Persib's manager, Umuh Muchtar. Umuh once expressed his dissatisfaction with the justice.

This was stated by Umuh because when he led the Persib vs Arema FC match, Makhadmeh was considered too easy to give a yellow card. In that match, Makhadmeh was recorded as removing nine yellow cards.

The Following Is Adham Makhadmeh's Report Card In Liga 1 2024/2025

12/8/2024 Semen Padang 1-3 Borneo FC (0 yellow cards)

16/8/2024 Barito Putera 1-0 Madura United (7 yellow cards)

19/8/2024 PSS 0-2 Persik (5 yellow cards)

25/8/2024 Persib 1-1 Arema (9 yellow cards)