Excel formula that combines MATCH, INDEX and OFFSET - excel

I am having trouble with an Excel-function.
On sheet A I want to get the value of a cell that is located x-columns to the right of cell F2.
X is a variable number and is determined by the value of cell A1. Currently, the value is 5.
=(OFFSET(sheetA!F2,0,sheetA!A1))
This formula works. However, I want to include this function into a MATCH and INDEX function that is located on another sheet (B).
I know that I can use the following formula to get value of $F$2
INDEX(sheetA!F:F,MATCH(sheetB!C4,sheetA!A:A,0))
Combining them, results in the following formula:
=INDEX((OFFSET(sheetA!F2,0,sheetA!A1)),MATCH(sheetB!C4,sheetA!A:A,0))
This formula generates a #REF!-value.
If I evaluate the formula, I see the following steps:
=INDEX((OFFSET(sheetA!$F$2,0,5)),MATCH(sheetB!C4,sheetA!A:A,0))
=INDEX((sheetA!$K$2),MATCH(sheetB!C4,sheetA!A:A,0))
=INDEX((sheetA!$K$2),MATCH("BTC",sheetA!A:A,0))
=#REF!
Why do I want to use MATCH and INDEX?
Because while the values on sheet A are "fixed", the values of sheetB!C4 are floating/variable. Therefore, I need to locate the correct row first. The correct column can be done with the offset-part.
Thank you for your help.

Try this
=INDEX((OFFSET(SheetA!F:F,0,SheetA!A1)),MATCH(SheetB!C4,SheetA!A:A,0))
Syntax of INDEX is
INDEX(array, row_num, [column_num])
where, array is range of cells. When you use =INDEX((OFFSET(sheetA!F2,0,sheetA!A1)),MATCH(sheetB!C4,sheetA!A:A,0)), (OFFSET(sheetA!F2,0,sheetA!A1)) returns sheetA!$K$2 which is a cell not a range.

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