Indonesia national team players demand to stop playing their national anthem because of the call to prayer

Before facing the UAE and Indonesia in the qualifiers for the Qatar World Cup 2022; The national anthems of the two countries were played, as usual, but something happened and the Indonesian players asked to stop playing their country’s anthem.

During the playing of the anthem, it was time for the Maghrib call to prayer, which sounded from a mosque in Dubai in the Emirates, so Indonesian players rushed to demand officials to stop the anthem until the muezzin finished raising the call to prayer.

Yesterday, Friday, the UAE crushed its guest Indonesia by 5-0, achieving its third consecutive victory in Group G in the second round of the Asian qualifiers.

With

this victory; The UAE took second place in the group, two points behind leaders Vietnam.

The teams that top the groups qualify for the final round of qualifiers, along with the top 5 second-placed teams in 8 groups.