Knowing that three of the four teams who qualifies to the semi-final of the competition will be able to gain the coveted spot in the Olympics later in the year, the manner in which Thailand were dumped out of the competition certainly left a bitter taste in the mouth.
On replay it looked like the referee Ahmed Al Kaf had already made the right call of awarding a free kick at the edge of Thailand's box but Video Assistant Referee (VAR) intervened to advise Al Kaf that it should be a penalty instead, even though the Abdullah Al Hamdan had clearly been fouled outside the box.