European Qualifiers World Cup Qatar 2022: Qatar Squad Begins Intensive Training for Portugal and Ireland Matches

Lisbon, October 05 (QNA) - Qatar national football team started its intensive training in its external preparatory camp in the Portuguese city of Faro in preparation for the confrontations against Portugal and Ireland in the European qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, in which the team participates without counting the results. Qatar will face Portugal on October 9 and Ireland on the 12th of the same month in Dublin. Qatar team will join five days camp before the two upcoming matches. The coaching staff of the national team led by Felix Sanchez seeks to ensure continue to appear positive during these qualifiers. The players will look for compensation and achieve a positive result after Qatar lost going match three goals to one. Qatar squad includes players: Meshaal Barsham, Saad Al Sheeb, Akram Afif, Hassan Al Haydos, Muhammad Waad, Musab Khader, Pedro Miguel, Tarik Salman, Abdul Karim Hassan, Youssef Abdurizag and Ali Asad (Al Sadd) Salah Zakaria, Bassam Al Rawi, Assim Madibo, Al Moez Ali, Karim Boudiaf, Mohamed Muntari, Abdullah AbdelSalam (Al Duhail) Ahmed Alaa , Homam Al Amin, Youssef Hassan (Al Gharafa) Abdullah Marafie and Ahmed Fathi (Al Arabi) Abdel Aziz Hatem (Al Rayyan) Khaled Munir (Al Wakra) Ahmed Moeen (Qatar SC). The Qatar delegation will return to Doha on October 13, after which the players will join their clubs, except for the quartet of Al Sadd, Al Duhail and Al Gharafa (Mohamed Waad, Youssef Abdul Razzaq, Salah Zakaria and Hommam Al Amin), who will join Qatar national under-23 football team to participate in the Asian qualifiers for the AFC U-23 Cup finals. (QNA)