In such a situation, the Indian team faced the Qatar team in its last match yesterday. This match was played in Doha. India took a 1-0 lead in the 37th minute when Lalianzuala Sankte scored a brilliant goal after receiving the ball from Brandon Fernandes. The Qatari team's attempts to score in return did not yield any result. In the 73rd minute, the Qatar team got a free kick opportunity.

In this, Yousuf Aim headed the ball kicked by Abdullah Alharak and tried to push it into the goal net. But Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu stopped it. Then the ball went out of the boundary line behind him. But Qatari player Hashmi Hussain brought it back and fed Yousuf Ayim, who hit it behind the net.

The Indian team protested strongly against this. But South Korean referee Kim Woo-Sung refused to accept it and declared it a goal. The result was that the game was tied at 1-1. This controversial goal put a lot of pressure on the Indian team. At the same time, the Qatar team, which was eager to equalize the game, scored the second goal 5 minutes before the end of the match. This goal was scored by Mohammed Al Rawi.

In the end, Qatar won 2-1. It is believed that due to a wrong decision by the referee, the Indian team's dream of advancing to the third stage of the World Cup football qualifiers has been shattered.

The Qatari team, which scored a controversial goal to win, finished on top of the 'A' division with 16 points. Since the team had already qualified for the third stage of the qualifiers, the result of the match against the Indian team had no effect. Kuwait advanced to the next round as the second team from Group 'A'. The team had defeated Afghanistan 1-0 in their last match.