Qatar vs India FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualification: The qualification matches of FIFA World Cup 2026 are going on in which Qatar and India faced each other on 11th June at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, unfortunately India had to face defeat in this match. Qatar won this match 2-1.
India Scores Early Goal Against Qatar in Exciting 3rd Round Qualifier Match
In the 3rd round qualification match, India had earlier played a draw against Kuwait at home. India’s next match was against Qatar which was played from 9:15 pm.
The first half of the match was very exciting in which India kept attacking the Qatar camp to score goals, and India got the benefit of this attack in the form of Lallianzuala Chhangte in the 37′ minute of the first half. Lallianzuala Chhangte scored the first goal for the team by breaking the defense of Qatar.
Qatar vs India FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualification
Controversial Goal Helps Qatar Beat India 2-1, Ending India’s FIFA 2026 Qualification Hopes
In the second half of the match, Qatar played a very disgusting game in which a Qatari player Yousef Aymen scored a goal by bringing the ball inside which had gone out of the field and the referee declared this goal as valid, this incident happened in the 73′ minute of the second half of the match, with this poor goal Qatar equalized the match 1-1. Ahmed Al-Rawi scored the second goal for Qatar and with the final whistle Qatar won this match.
Qatar had already qualified for the third round of FIFA 2026 but still playing such a poor game shows the level of their game. This was the last chance for India to go to the third round of qualification, but Qatar has knocked India out of the qualification race with this poor game.
Kuwait Qualifies for Next Round After Beating Afghanistan, While Qatar Ends India’s FIFA Dreams Amid Controversy
The other team to qualify from Group A is Kuwait which beat Afghanistan 1-0 on 11 June and qualified for the next round by overtaking India to finish second. Qatar has dashed India’s hopes of playing in FIFA.
Football fans in India are very disappointed and are criticizing the Qatari players. The match saw very poor refereeing and hence the referees and FIFA are being criticised. However, fans are raising questions about the way the timing of the match was set.
