FIFA, Switzerland, Qatar, Breel Embolo, Remo Freuler
15 June 2026
FIFA has blamed a technical outage for failing to show the semi-automated offside animation before Switzerland’s penalty against Qatar. Breel Embolo scored the spot-kick, but viewers questioned whether Remo Freuler or Embolo had been offside.
FIFA later released still images and said VAR lines showed both players were onside, while the review process was unaffected. The delayed explanation still fuelled transparency criticism after Qatar equalised late to draw the Group B match.