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Dissatisfied with Oman s draw penalty! The Palestinian Football Association filed a complaint with FIFA and AFC

1:40am, 14 June 2025【Football】

June 13: Palestine was tied by Oman in the Asian quarterfinals in the World Cup qualifiers. The Palestinian Football Association was dissatisfied with the penalty and announced that it would file a complaint with FIFA and AFC.

In the last round of the quarterfinals this Wednesday, Palestine faces Oman, and Palestine can advance to the fourth stage of the World Cup qualifiers as long as it wins. Palestine scored a goal 1-0 in the 49th minute, and Oman was unable to score a goal for a long time. Until the 5th minute of stoppage time of the game, the Omani player fell to the ground in the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty kick, and VAR confirmed it. In the end, Oman scored a penalty and equalized 1-1. Oman ranked fourth in the group with 11 points to advance to the fourth stage of the World Cup, while Palestine was eliminated 10 points.

The Palestinian Football Association has filed a complaint with FIFA and AFC and stated: "This penalty penalty lacks the necessary penalty standards and does not meet the technical standards required to justify such a penalty. We require a comprehensive investigation of the situation of the incident and review all relevant referee procedures in accordance with the rules formulated by FIFA and the AFC regulatory body."

"Marca" stated that the Palestinian Football Association will also require the analysis of the VAR recordings at that time, and consider the importance of the game and the error in the penalty, and may even make a request for a rematch.

It is worth mentioning that the VAR referee in this game was Australian Alex King, and he had obvious penalty errors in an Australian League match between Western Conference and Adelaide United. The Australian Football Association had to publicly admit that he made a mistake at the time.