Bangkok, Thailand: On Thursday, Qatar will play Afghanistan in their final Group B match needing a win and a favor from leaders Korea Republic to advance to the next stage. The maroons held the Islamic Republic of Iran to a scoreless draw on Monday to earn their first point of the AFC U17 Asian CupTM Thailand 2023. The matchday 3 encounter set to take place at the Rajamangala stadium will see Qatar fight tooth and nail to score as many goals as possible. To overturn a 10-goal difference in goal difference and overtake the Iranians for second place, Qatar has to win and for the Koreans to beat Iran by a significant combined margin. Ibrahim Al Shafie is aware of the situation, but he has told his players that the only thing they can do is give it their all and not worry about anything else as they prepare to face the Afghans for the first time in the competition's history. He said, "We will approach the game the same way we did against Iran; we will, of course, try to up our intensity and commit more players to attacking roles while also keeping the balance to maintain our defensive structure ". "I can assure you that the team you've been watching is capable of much more than what you've seen so far. There is still hope for us to make the knockout stage, and we want to take advantage of it".     The boys will fight as they did against Iran, he promised, adding, "We don't know if we'll score one goal or seven."