Indian football fans spewed as poor refereeing robbed India of a chance to secure a historic entry into the third round of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. At the Asian champions, Qatar rode on a controversial goal and emerged 2-1 winners at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium on June 11. India was ahead thanks to Lallianzuala Chhangte's 37th-minute goal but disaster struck when the referee adjudged Yousef Aymen's 73rd-minute equaliser as fair after the ball appeared to have gone out of play.
The controversial decision turned the game on its head as Qatar scored their second through Ahmed Al-Rawi in the 85th minute. Also Read: saved a header from Qatar but then the ball slipped out of his hand out of play and the Indian defence stopped playing waiting for the whistle from the referee. However, the referee did nothing and so Qatar player Al Hassan pulled the ball back into the play to square it to Aymen who then passed it into an empty goal.
Also Read: Football fans were fumed over this poor referring and called it clear cheating. One user on X wrote, “The worst part about this is that Qatar players No. 5 & 6 clearly knew that the ball had gone outside, and still they continued celebrating the Goal" Another user wrote, “Cheating is not only done by referee but by players too.
. Sportsmanship is gone from sports..
Watching sports these days is not fun like it used to be decade back." “Even my school had better referree than these international matches of FIFA. If they are sold out .
