article_snippet: The officials explain The officials decision to call off the game with 17 minutes remaining .
article_snippet: Brisbane are in contention for the play-offs and Thijssen criticised the rule that states a replay is required if the match is abandoned before half-time but the result stands if the result ends after the break.
article_snippet: I've never seen this, because the choice is replay if it happens in the first-half, they're the normal rules, and if it happens in the second-half you have to play the second-half again.
article_snippet: Brisbane Roar players protest their decision to call off the game with 17 minutes remaining, having been 2-1 down at the time .