FIFA Arab Cup 2021: Lebanon's Coach: We Strive to Qualify for the Arab Cup Finals

Doha, June 22 (QNA) - Jamal Taha, the coach of the Lebanese national team, confirmed that the FIFA World Cup finals to be held in Qatar next year 2022 means every Arab, not the State of Qatar, which he said everyone is proud of because it will represent all Arabs when it organizes the big event. Jamal Taha said in the press conference for his team's confrontation with Djibouti in the qualifiers for the Arab FIFA Cup Qatar 2021: "It will not be an easy match as some think, we will meet a team that has developed in recent years, and therefore we must maintain focus until we achieve our goal of crossing to the finals. We were perfectly prepared by participating in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup and we were able to qualify for the decisive round, which gives us a great morale boost in the Djibouti match". Regarding the Arab Cup, he considered it to be like a mini World Cup, and the tournament has become of great interest after the recognition of the International Federation, which will have a great impact on all aspects of the competition, stressing that the meeting of Arab teams in one tournament is important, especially since that did not happen. For a long time. As for his impression about the hosting, the coach of the Lebanon national team said: "We felt a very great interest from the organizing committee from the moment we arrived at the airport. There was a whole team to help us with everything. We came out very smoothly, everything was really great, and this gives you an impression of what is going on. It will be in the finals and then in the World Cup." For his part, Hassan Maatouk, the star of the Lebanese national team, confirmed that the match against Djibouti, scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, in the qualifiers for the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021, will not be easy. But he stressed at the same time that the goal remains to win and cross to the finals. Maatouk said in the pre-match press conference: "All our focus is on winning and qualifying. We know that the task requires us to present a good level. There is no easy match in football. What makes the match easy is our appearance at the hoped-for level and expected from a good group of players who The team includes them. He added: Qualifying for the decisive round of the World Cup qualifiers gave us great moral motivation in the qualifiers match, and it can be said that it gave us great comfort and confidence to play in the usual way without any pressure. Maatouk admitted: We did not collect much information about the Djibouti national team, except for those that the coach was able to obtain, but at the same time we focus on playing our match in the way we used to present, and strive to qualify for appearance in the finals by respecting the opponent and providing the best possible level.(QNA)