Who is Kim Woo-Sung? Referee who allowed Qatar's controversial goal in qualifier

Poor refereeing robbed India of a chance to secure a historic entry into the third round of the FIFA World Cup Qualifier as fancied Qatar rode on a controversial goal to emerge 21 winners on TuesdayIndia were ahead thanks to Lallianzuala Chhangtes 37th minute strike but disaster struck when the referee adjudged Yousef Aymens goal as fair after the ball appeared to have gone out of playFIFA Rank 34th Qatar robbed 121nd ranked India of a football world cup qualification with this goal that was noting but blatant CheatingThey wouldrsquove still qualified without this goal What a beautiful game indeed FIFAcom FIFAWorldCup QATIND pictwittercomMSeJ2EwBOKmdash Pranav Pratap Singh PranavMatraaPPS June 12 2024The hugely controversial decision disturbed Indias momentum as Asian champions Qatar scored their second through Ahmed AlRawi in the 85th minuteIn another final second round match Kuwait beat Afghanistan 10 Qatar and Kuwait thus progressed to the second round of the FIFA World Cup QualifierPlaying barely five days after the international retirement of arguably the countrys greatest footballer Sunil Chhetri not many gave the beleaguered 121ranked side a chance but Igor Stimacs wards turned the tables in style and looked on course after Chhangtes strikeWho was the referee during India vs QatarKim WooSung a 36yearold from South Korea has presided over matches in the prestigious K League 1 officiated in AFC Cup fixtures and commanded the field in World Cup qualification Asia games accumulating a total of 15 appearancesAlso ReadAIFF writes to FIFA AFC over controversial goal in WC Qualifier against QatarAlthough the precise motivation behind Kim WooSungs choice remains ambiguous his professional background prompts inquiries regarding his adeptness in managing the intense demands of crucial World Cup qualifiersMatch officials during India vs QatarReferee Kim WooSung KORAssistant referee 1 Kang Dong Ho KORAssistant referee 2 Cheon Jin Hee KORFourth Official Abdyldaev Daiyrbek KGZMatch Commissioner Hamed Momeni IRNReferee Assessor Basel Al Hajjar SYROn microblogging platform X formerly Twitter fans spewed anger following the controversial goal that Gurpreets India could not do much about FIFA Rank 34th Qatar robbed 121nd ranked India of a football world cup qualification with this goal that was noting but blatant cheating sic wrote one user Below are a few reactionsWhats going on here This is cheating The ball went out IndianFootball FIFAWorldCup FIFAWWC IndiavsQatar Qatar cheating pictwittercom3Gx0LiPCvomdash Nashra Rizvi NashraRizvi110 June 11 2024Qatar robbed Indias spot for FIFA World Cup by cheating openlyIts clearly visible that ball has crossed the line for a goalkick but the nasty Qataris pull it back to tuck inCLEARLY NOT A GOAL FIFAcom IndianFootball QATIND FIFA cheating pictwittercomMCYPAqRrpPmdash Lakshay Mehta lakshaymehta31 June 11 2024Looks like the refs at the Qatar vs India match needed glasses How did they miss that blatant outofline ball Bribes and corruption ruining an important qualifier game for FIFA World Cup Are you lisrenubg FIFAcom FIFAWCQualifiers CheatingpictwittercomaSX2c14SZSmdash Akassh Ashok Gupta peepoye_ June 12 2024Qatar chose to do cheating against India in a football match to qualify for the World CupDear Qatar you have lost all the rights to be called a professional team QATIND IndianFootball pictwittercomyt7S4TONAVmdash Shubham tripathi shubhamtripat15 June 12 2024A Heartbreaking moment in Indian football history INDIA CLEARLY ROBBEDcheating pictwittercomA1jorN4RAdmdash Ritesh Mishra Ritesh_Mishraaa June 11 2024Indias squad against Qatar Gurpreet Singh Sandhu captain and GK Anwar Ali Rahul Bheke Mehtab Singh Jay Gupta Nandhakumar Sekar 87rsquo Suresh Wangjam Jeakson Singh Brandon Fernandes Sahal Abdul Samad 63rsquo Lallianzuala Chhangte Edmond Lalrindika 87rsquo Rahim Ali Liston Colaco 63rsquo Manvir Singh Vikram Partap Singh 79rsquo