FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: Lebanon and Djibouti Face off for Qualification Seat

Doha, June 22 (QNA) - Lebanon will face Djibouti tomorrow ) at Khalifa International Stadium in the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021 qualifiers. this match will see both teams face off for the last seat in Group D, which includes Algeria and Egypt, along with the Sudanese team, the first to qualify after overcoming Libya 1-0. The Lebanese team enters the confrontation with Djibouti , excited by qualifying for the decisive round of the World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers and securing a seat in the 2023 Asian Cup finals in China, after playing the last three matches in the qualifiers in the pool system in South Korea during the period between June 3 and 15, where he won the match The first beat Sri Lanka by three goals to two, and lost to Turkmenistan by the same score, and to South Korea 2-1. The delegation of the Lebanese national team included 21 players: Mahdi Khalil, Mustafa Matar, Ali Daher, Abbas Assi, Robert Alexander Malki, Qassem Al-Zein, Hassan Samih Shaito, Nour Mansour, Maher Sabra, Abdullah Aish, Hussein Munther, Hussein Al-Zein, Hassan Maatouk, Muhammad Ali Al-Dahini, Nader Matar, Majed Othman, Muhammad Haider, Hassan Muhanna, Haider Khreis, Hilal Al-Hilweh, and Ahmed Hegazy. For their part, Djibouti hopes to record a historic presence by crossing to the finals and participating in the fourth group, and their players aspire to create surprises by overcoming the Lebanese team, which may constitute a great incentive towards preparing for the start of the African qualifiers for the World Cup after the team reached the group stage, which will start their matches by facing Algeria is in the first group, which also includes Burkina Faso and Niger. Djibouti had failed to get past the first round of qualifying for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations by losing to Gambia on penalties. The team's delegation included 23 players: Nasser El-Din Abdi, Bilal Ahmed, Mohamed Burhan, Ali Farada, Youssef Patio, Hamza Abdi, Sabri Ali, Mohamed Fouad, Musa Aranta, Abbas Fouad, Ahmed Youssef, Mahdi Mahaba, Abu Bakr Omar, Radwan Abboud, Saleh Burhan, Dolah Mahmoud, Yabi Saad, Samuel Timdayo, Fouad Moussa, Ali Hamid, Murad Abdel Qader, Wes Daoud, Muyinhankwe. Djibouti had started preparations in the capital, Djibouti, by entering a local camp there, which included a friendly match against Somalia, which they won 1-0.(QNA)