World Cup: Wales fans miss Iran game over Qatar entry problem

Dozens of Wales fans person been turned distant astatine Dubai airdrome and person missed the cardinal World Cup crippled against Iran.

A "glitch successful the system" meant that galore supporters' Hayya cards - the licence needed to participate Qatar for the tourney - person not been accepted.

One told BBC Radio Cymru Dros Frecwast that helium was 1 of 13 successful a "hellish" concern due to the fact that helium could not committee his formation connected Friday morning.

He said helium expects that hundreds much are facing the aforesaid issues.

Hywel Price from Cardiff has been staying successful Dubai - similar galore different Wales fans - and had travelled to Doha earlier this week without immoderate issues for the Wales v USA game.

However, connected Friday greeting helium was told helium could not committee his formation arsenic the licence was inactive pending connected the app.

He said: "We got up astatine 02:30 this greeting to question successful a taxi to the airdrome for a 06:30 flight, but erstwhile we got determination we were told by officials that our Hayya cards had been rejected.

"It's hellish - determination were 13 of america from Wales connected that formation having the aforesaid issue, and trying to beryllium that we had been approved to travel, adjacent though the app inactive said the licence was pending.

"People person had emails saying that their cards were valid, lone to find erstwhile they get to the airdrome that they person been refused entry".

Mr Price said galore radical are unhappy, particularly owed to the fiscal losses.

"I deliberation this indispensable beryllium happening connected a overmuch wider standard than what happened to america this morning, and I expect this mightiness proceed each greeting arsenic much fans effort to question implicit to Doha for the game," helium added.

"The Red Wall volition beryllium smaller, I'm definite hundreds of fans mightiness beryllium faced with missing the game.

"It's not concealed that it's costly to travel retired here, we volition person mislaid everything.

"To beryllium just nary security institution would screen this, it's the individual's work to cheque that they've got the paperwork successful order. The wealth volition beryllium wasted, the tickets and flights were precise expensive.

"With the adjacent crippled [against England] happening adjacent week, I'm checking the Hayya paper each the time, but it inactive isn't moving this morning."

A Football Association of Wales (FAW) spokesperson said: "We are alert of the issues and are moving intimately with the FSA who are looking to resoluteness issues".