All India Soccer Federation president Kalyan Chaubey on Wednesday referred to as for a probe into Qatar’s controversial purpose in opposition to India in a World Cup 2026 Qualifier match on the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.
“Victory and defeat are half and parcel of the sport, we’ve discovered to just accept gracefully, though one of many two targets scored in opposition to India yesterday evening left just a few questions unanswered,” Chaubey stated in a press release.
“Now we have written to FIFA Head of Qualifiers, AFC Head of Referees, and the match commissioner, concerning the grave supervision error that virtually value us a spot within the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Spherical 3. Given its severity, We name upon involved officers for a radical investigation. Now we have urged them to discover the probabilities of sporting compensation to handle the injustice and we belief that FIFA and AFC will take needed steps,” he added.
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The controversial purpose in query got here within the 73rd minute of the match during which India had been main 1-0 on the time. Abdullah Alahrak’s free-kick noticed Yousef Ayem try a header, which was saved by India skipper and goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
As Gurpreet lay on the bottom seeing the ball roll over the road, Hashmi Hussein kicked it into play with Aymen slotting it into the web. South Korean referee Kim Woo-Sung would flip a deaf ear to the Indian gamers protests, who had stopped enjoying on the time of the purpose pondering it will lead to a nook, and allowed the purpose. India would in the end lose the match 2-1 ending their quest to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
In keeping with FIFA guidelines, “the ball is out of play whether it is wholly handed over the purpose line or touchline on the bottom or within the air.” India coach Igor Stimac later expressed his dismay by stating that the “irregular” purpose killed his staff’s dream.
Sandhu referred to as it an “unlucky outcome” demonstrated that “nobody will hand us something, we’ve to take it!”