Golden Cup Semi Finals: Qatar Face America in Hopes of a Football Milestone

Austin, July 28 (QNA) - The Qatari national football team is looking for a football milestone, when they face Team USA in the semi-finals of the Gold Cup on Friday. Qatar will face real test against the host countrys team, which is looking to win the 7th title at home and among their fans, while Qatar, the host of the next edition of the FIFA World Cup in 2022, will look to continue its career successfully. The Qatari team secured the top spot in Group D, with 7 points, after drawing with Panama in the first round (3-3), and winning in the second and third rounds against Grenada by four goals , and defeating Honduras by two goals. Qatar reached the semi-finals after overcoming El Salvador in the quarter-finals in an exciting confrontation that ended 3-2 . On the other hand, USA topped Group B with 9 and went on to defeat Jamaica 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the competition. The Qatari team scored 11 goals and conceded 6 goals, which highlights the strong attacking tendency, USA scored 9 goals and conceded on one occasion, but suffered a lot in some matches, during which they achieved victory with difficulty. The Qatari team played its previous matches in Houston in the first round and the quarter-finals in Arizona, and then moved to Austin to face the US team, where it undertook its main training in preparation for this upcoming confrontation. The USA team's match will be the most difficult for the Qatari team in the tournament so far, as it will be facing the team that is looking for the title, which they failed to achieve during the last Golden Cup in 2019 after losing in the final against Mexico. (QNA)