The Peninsula Praises Qatari National Team Performance in Concacaf Gold Cup

Doha, August 01 (QNA) The Peninsula newspaper hailed in its editorial Sunday the performance of the Qatari national team during its participation in the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) Gold Cup which held in the United States of America. The Qatari daily praised the outstanding performance of the national team against the United States in the semi-final on Friday, pointing out that the Qatari team departed the event with their heads held high as they become the second Asian side after South Korea (in 2002) to reach semi-finals of the tournament. The Peninsula underlined Qatar Football Association's efforts to give best preparations to the national side is yielding positive results, which can be gauged by team's performance in recent years, with the Asian Cup 2019 triumph their best so far, adding that before the Gold Cup, the QFA also paved the way for the national team's participation in Copa America 2019 and the ongoing European Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The paper said that Qatar's next main assignments this year will be the September's European Qualifiers and the inaugural FIFA Arab Cup in November-December, dubbed the test event before Qatar hosts the football's showpiece event. In conclusion, The Peninsula affirmed that the Qatari team's preparations for the home World Cup are going in the right track and all the team needs is to stay focused and keep gaining experience, adding that there is a plenty of action still to go for Qatar in the coming months and if Al Annabi continue their fine run, they will enter the World Cup brimming with confidence and will be able to perform well against any opposition in the world. (QNA)