Carreno to hold press conference on Saturday

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Wednesday, May 11th 2016 02:27 AM

DOHA: Qatar coach Jose Daniel Carreno will address the local media in a press conference on Saturday, details revealed. The Uruguayan, will announce his roster for an international friendly scheduled to take place at the end of this month in addition to his preparation plans for the final round of the 2018 World Cup Asian Zone qualification. Since last year, Qatar has played teams like Algeria, Slovenia, Ireland,Scotland, Turkey. This trend will continue as QFA is seeking top-50 ranked sides for Qatar’s future international friendlies. Qatar weredrawn into Group A, along with Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan, China and Syria as the draw for the third and final round of the 2018 World Cup Asian Zone qualification was conductedin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last month. Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq and Thailand form a tougher Group B. The third round will be played from September 1, 2016, to September 5, 2017. The winner and runner-up of each group (four teams in total) will qualify for the Russia finals while the two third-placed teams will advance to the Asian play-off round. The winner of itwill take on the side that finishes fourth in the fifth round of the CONCACAF qualifiers in a two-legged inter-confederation play-off.