Written by Ahmed Harbi Monday, January 29, 2024 03:00 AM Collides Qatar national team With his brother Palestine, at six o’clock this evening, Monday, in an all-Arab confrontation at Al-Bayt Stadium in the round of 16 of the 2023 Asian Cup.
The Qatar national team qualified for the round of 16 of the 2023 Asian Cup, with a full mark, after topping the Group Six table in the tournament with 9 points, meaning it achieved victory in the three matches over Lebanon, China and Tajikistan.
While the Palestine national team qualified for the first time in its history to the round of 16 of the Asian Cup, among the best three, and rose from third place in the third group with 4 points, with a goal difference from the UAE national team, which qualified from second place behind Iran.
The Qatar 2019 Asian Cup team seeks to arm itself with the ground staff and the public to defeat its Palestinian brother and snatch the ticket to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Asian Nations Cup.
While the steadfast Palestine team is looking for a surprise and victory over the host in its stadium and in front of its fans to advance to the quarter-finals of the continental competition.
It is expected that coach Tentin Marquez will enter the match with the formation of the Qatar national team as follows:
Goalkeeper: Mishal Barshim
Defense: Mohamed Waad – Lucas Mendes – Al Mahdi Ali Mukhtar – Bassam Al Rawi
Midfield: Abdel Aziz Hatem – Ahmed Fathi – Mustafa Meshaal
Attack: Akram Afif – Al-Moez Ali – Youssef Abdel Razzaq
Coach Karam Daboub may rely on the expected formation of Palestine against Qatar on the following:
Goalkeeper: Rami Hamadeh
Defense: Camilo Saldaña – Mohamed Salah – Michel Termanini – Musab Al-Battat
Midfield: Mahmoud Abu Wardeh – Adi Kharoub – Dean Mahajna
Attack: Zaid Al-Qanbar – Uday Dabbagh – Tamer Siyam
It will be the first confrontation between the two teams in the Asian Cup. Qatar has not lost in 10 international matches against Palestine, winning 8 matches and drawing twice, and keeping a clean sheet in each of the last 5 matches.
The Qatar national team also won the last 10 consecutive matches in the Asian Cup, which is the second longest winning streak for any team in the history of the tournament, after Iran, which achieved 13 victories between the 1968 and 1976 editions. Despite that, the Qatari national team did not win any match in the knockout stages before. The 2019 edition, when he won the championship title.
While the Palestine national team scored at least one goal in each of its three matches in the 2023 Asian Cup, after having scored only one goal in 6 matches before that in the tournament, it is also the first time that it has qualified for the knockout rounds in the tournament.
2024-01-29 01:00:00
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