FIFA admitted. A technical malfunction occurred during the penalty kick of the Swiss national team against Qatar.

Official announcement

FIFA commented A game that resulted in a penalty and Switzerland’s first goal against QatarYesterday, on Saturday, in the first round of the group stage of the AA-2026.

As reported by the Spanish magazine AS, FIFA issued a statement clarifying what happened to the Swiss national team in the penalty shootout against Qatar, before which an offside kick was possible, but the offside lines did not appear on the screen.

He noted that FIFA received a lot of criticism for not showing the offside lines on the screen.

FIFA said. “During the match between Qatar and Switzerland in San Francisco Bay, a brief technical glitch prevented an offside graphic animation before Switzerland’s penalty kick in the 14th minute.”

He added: “The problem was solved quickly. The operation of the video technology was not affected by this malfunction and the normal procedure was followed to verify the decision made in the field.”

He concluded. “The lines used by the video technology to check the position of the respective players did not show that the attacking player was offside on the two occasions immediately preceding the penalty decision.”

Retired England star Gary Neville hit out at FIFA after video technology failed to overturn an offside penalty against Switzerland, saying:

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