The Federation of International Football Associations has said it will probe the outcome of a World Cup qualifier between Bahrain and Indonesia.
Bahrain won the game 10-0.
Bahrain needed a minimum of nine goals to qualify for the next round of the qualifiers whereas Indonesia was already out of reckoning, for the world’s most glamorous football competition, even before the match.
“Given the unusual outcome in relation to the results-expectation and head-to-head history, and in the interests of maintaining unequivocal confidence in our game, FIFA Security will conduct a routine examination of this game and its result,” FIFA said in a statement.
Bahrain needed a nine-goal win in the Asian Group E match, combined with a defeat for Qatar in Iran, to progress to the next stage of the region’s World Cup qualifying competition.
Qatar went through, however, when an 86th-minute goal gave them a 2-2 draw in Iran to clinch second place in the group at Bahrain’s expense.
Indonesia, already eliminated, fielded a weakened team as a number of their top players had been suspended by their own federation for taking part in the breakaway Indonesian Super League.