Bahrain “did nothing wrong” in its 10-0 win over Indonesia in a World Cup qualifier that has sparked a FIFA probe, the team's national coach said Monday. Peter Taylor, who managed England as caretaker in 2000, Monday blamed the lopsided result in February on Indonesia playing an inexperienced side. He said no one from FIFA had contacted him and felt there was no point in discussing the match with football's world governing body. “We did nothing wrong. There is no need for us to speak to FIFA,” said Taylor, who was hired to coach Bahrain in July. “At the end of the day, the game was played and we did as well as we possibly could and played the strongest team we could.” Taylor criticized Indonesia for sending a team made up mostly of reserves and whose most experienced player — a goalkeeper — had only been capped 12 times. “That shouldn't be done,” he said. “To respect the competition, they should send their strongest team. Just because they couldn't qualify, it doesn't mean they should send their reserve team,” he said. “Bahrain can't do anything about that. All we can do is turn up and try and win a match. We should have won by more than 10. We missed two penalties.” FIFA said it plans to interview match referees, coaching staff and players during a probe of what it called an “unusual” match. In the match, Lebanese referee Andre El Haddad sent off Indonesia's goalkeeper in the second minute and awarded Bahrain four penalties. Bahrain's win raised suspicion because it went into the game trailing Qatar by three points and nine goals in group standings. However, Qatar drew 2-2 with Iran in its final qualifying match to advance.
