Qatar’s equaliser against India was scored controversially after the ball had rolled out of play. The Qatar players pulled the ball back into the field of play from outside and Yousef Aymen scored the equaliser. read more
A major controversy erupted during India’s FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier against Qatar on Tuesday after the hosts scored a disputed equaliser during the match at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha. After Lallianzuala Chhangte opened the scoring for India, Yousef Aymen got the equaliser for Qatar in the 73rd minute but after the hosts pulled the ball back into the field of play despite it rolling out of play.
India vs Qatar, FIFA World Cup Qualifier: As it happened
After the cross came in, India captain and goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu tried to block the ball which slipped through his legs and rolled out of the play behind the goal. Just when Indian defenders were getting ready for a corner, Qatari forwards pulled the ball back for Aymen to put it into the net with a tap-in.
HORRIBLE SCENES! WE’VE BEEN ROBBED! UTTER DISGRACEFUL SCENES! 😑#IndianFootball #FIFAWorldCup #allindiafootball pic.twitter.com/PuL7tilXa6
Here are some more reactions on X, formerly Twitter:
The king of robbers Qatar robbed India of a World Cup qualifying spotpic.twitter.com/GLFfqzBme6
This is blatant cheating and freaking disgrace!!! WTF. Shame on Qatar and the referee #QATIND #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/TyWnDo4nCo
Rank 34th Qatar did an open robbery against Rank 121st India even when Qatar is already qualified for 3rd round.
Seriously what a pathetic refereeing 🤡
Absolutely heartbreaking moment for Indian fans right now💔#QATIND #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/LjeupL34RD
That’s Really an Unfair and Biased Decision from Referee, This moment resulted in India’s loss 1-2 loss to Qatar💔
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Gurpreet and Indian defenders protested vehemently to the referee and the linesman and urged them to reverse the decision but the officials did not pay heed to the requests.
We’ll leave it here!#INDQAT #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/5KhtyOfrvS
Qatar eventually took the lead in the match with a goal from Ahmed Al-Rawi, winning the match 2-1 as a result.
The opening goal from Chhangte came in the 37th minute as they chased qualification to the third round of qualifiers for the first time but with the defeat they crashed out.
Qatar had already qualified for the third round and finished the campaign with 16 points while Kuwait became the second and final team to qualify from Group A after beating Afghanistan 1-0 in their last match.
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