I'm not quite crying "FIX!" on this one, but I am saying something's not right here...

Well, there's a whole lot not right...

That Qatar is hosting this World Cup (and these final qualifiers) is one thing.

The fact that stadium had better be air-conditioned is another.  A quick note of the early-game outside weather in Doha, Qatar showed, at 9:30 in the evening, it was 91 degrees with 71% humidity!

But the relevant point of fact started in the 120th minute (end of second extra time), when Australia made what, to many, was a curious final substitution in a scoreless match with Peru:  Starting goalkeeper and captain Mathew Ryan was replaced with Andrew Redmayne.

At first glance, it was a substitution for a shootout specialist.

When Redmayne went between the pipes for the ensuing shootout, we found out why:

Redmayne's style is to disconcert the opposing shooters by dancing in the goal like an idiot.

After Peruvian keeper Pedro Gallese saved Martin Boyle's opener and Luis Advincula put Peru's third off the post, we went to extra penalties.

After Awer Mabil made his for Australia, up came Alex Valera for Peru.

Watch Redmayne closely:  (5:09 of the video, it's quick!)

From The Laws of the Game, Law 14 about the penalty kick (IFAB copy, the group which advises FIFA on The Laws):

"The defending goalkeeper must remain on the goal line, facing the kicker, and between the goal posts, without touching the goalposts, crossbar, or goal net, until the ball has been kicked."

Just as Valera begins his run-up, Redmayne, in his herky-jerky dance, briefly leaves his line.  He does return, but the official had already signaled for the kick to be taken -- this is an infringement and the kick should've been retaken with a possible yellow card to Redmayne.

I would also have to wonder if FIFA and the IFAB may want to revisit Law 14 before the Qatar tournament.  This would appear to be an equivalent of that Sean Avery Rule -- that Redmayne has found a loophole in the Laws so obvious that no one thought to patch it, until now.

That said, I can't say the match was necessarily fixed, because this is just bizarre on his part.

But it shouldn't have happened, and shouldn't happen again!