Was the Qatar national team subjected to arbitration injustice against Iran? Al-Sharif explains with evidence

It witnessed the confrontation between the Qatari national team and its host Iran national teamOn Tuesday evening, as part of the fourth round of the Asian qualifiers for… World Cup 2026which will be held in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico, will include a number of arbitration cases that have raised questions among sports fans.

The Qatar national team’s stars protested the referee’s decision to award the second goal, scored by the Iranian player, Sardar Azmoun, in the 48th minute of the second half of the match, due to the inability of the goalkeeper, Mishal Barshim, to compete for the ball, after he tripped over his teammate, Lucas Mendes. But the confrontation judge ordered play to continue, and the goal was awarded.

The refereeing expert for Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, Jamal Al-Sharif, revealed his opinion by saying: “A ball was raised by Mehdi Qaidi to his colleague Mehdi Tarmi, who rose with Lucas Mendes, in an attempt to compete for the raised ball, and the Qatari national team defender was able to clear the ball, which… “It fell outside the goal area.”

He continued: “At this moment, Lucas Mendes fell to the ground, and goalkeeper Mishal Barshim moved from his goal line, looking at the ball, in an attempt to reach it, but his fellow defender raised his foot up and kicked the left thigh of the Qatari goalkeeper, which made him lose the ability to move.” Reaching the ball, the goal became empty, and the ball reached Sardar Azmoun, who scored a goal for the Iranian national team, and there was no violation here, and the contact resulted from a misunderstanding between the Qatar national team goalkeeper and his fellow defender.”

Regarding the Qatari national team’s request to the referee to expel the Iranian national team player, Mehdi Qaidi, who violently interfered with their teammate, Edmilson Jr., in the 53rd minute, Jamal Al Sharif added: “There was an attack by the Qatar national team, led quickly by its star Edmilson, but his Iranian opponent lost hope of catching him.” He made an obstruction with the bottom of his right foot on the heel of the left foot of the Al-Anabi striker from behind, in order to stop the promising attack.

Al-Sherif concluded his speech: “Mahdi Qaidi deserved the yellow card, because he did not take the safety of his opponent into consideration, and the referee’s decision was correct to count the violation and issue a warning, but the situation did not rise to a state of violent play, because it hit part of the heel of the Qatar striker’s foot, which rose into the air, This reduces the extent of the injury, in addition to the fact that the Iranian player was moving at the same speed as his opponent, and did not gain additional force that would raise the violation to the level of violent play, but it is considered the highest degree of recklessness, which was confirmed by the mouse chamber, before the resumption of the free kick.”