Qatar Draw with Ireland 1-1 in European Qualifiers for World Cup 2022 Qatar

Debrecen, Hungary, March 31 (QNA) - The Qatari national team took an important draw against Ireland 1-1 in the match that took place this evening at the Nagyeredi Stadium in Debrecen, Hungary, in Group A, of the European qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The Irish national team scored the first goal of the match in the 4th minute through James McLean, Qatari team equalized in the 46th minute through Muhammad Muntari. The participation of the Qatari team, which hosts the 2022 World Cup, in the European qualifiers, without counting the results, comes after an invitation received by the Qatari Federation from its European counterpart. Qatar defeated Luxembourg 1-0 last Wednesday, then beat Azerbaijan 2-1 on Saturday as well ... and this tie is the first for the Irish team after suffering two losses, the first against Serbia 2-3 and the second against Luxembourg 0- 1. The match was strong since the beginning, as the start was through the Irish national team, whose players tried to reach Saad Al-Sheeb, the Qatari goalkeeper, and in the fourth minute, the Irish team scored the first goal of the match through James McLean, and after this goal Qatar tried to tie the score and had more than one attempt that did not find its way to the net, and the most dangerous attack was by Al-Moez Ali in the 18th minute, whose head passed just next to the goal post, and there was another attempt by Al-Moez Ali from a counter-attack in the 25th minute. On the other hand, Saad Al-Shaib succeeded in spoiling a counter-attack in favor of Ireland in the 26th minute through his player Cyrus Christie, and the Qatari team responded with an attack in the 28th minute, but Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu succeeded in blocking Pedro Miguel's ball, and there was an attempt for in the 30th minute by Hassan Al Haydos And in the 43rd minute, Al-Moez Ali missed the opportunity to score while facing the goal, to end the first half, with Ireland leading with a score of 1-0. The Qatari team started the second half of the match, searching for the equalizer that was achieved in the 46th minute by Muhammad Muntari after receiving an elaborate pass from Al-Moez Ali in the first attacking chance of the second half. This goal gave Qatar a strong push to strengthen it with a second goal, and there were many attempts, but the ball it did not find its way to the net , which also sought to score the goal of progress again, to continue playing a debate between the two parties to form the Qatari team a counterattack in the 59th minute, but Hassan Al-Haydos did not deal well with it, Then Muntari shot a powerful shot in the 60th minute, and after 70 minutes of the match, the chances were reduced by the two teams in the match, as the last minutes did not witness any dangerous attacks, but there was an attempt by the Qatari team towards Ireland's goal in the 77th minute with a strong shot by the player. Abdel Aziz Hatem, and on the other hand, the attempt was made by Ireland towards the Al-Annabi goal in the 85th minute from a cross that Saad Al-Sheeb did not do well with. To continue playing between the two teams in the middle of the stadium without any dangerous attacks until the referee announced the end of the match with a score of 1-1. It is noteworthy that the Qatari team had withdrawn with Australia from participating in the Copa America championship because of its match schedule with the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the Asian Cup 2023 ... and there are two matches left for Qatar in the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, where the team will meet India and Oman. As part of his quest to book a qualifying ticket for the AFC Asian Cup.(QNA)