Hosts Qatar ready for battle against Korea Republic

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Tuesday, June 13th 2017 08:04 AM

DOHA: Qatar will host Korea Republic in their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Tuesday. Coached by Jorge Fossati, Qatar last week drew 2-2 against North Korea in a friendly. Qatar are looking for their second win of this campaign having beaten Syria in an earlier qualifier. Qatar will be eager to wind up this phase with a win in the Ramadan clash. Korea Republic currently occupy second spot behind Iran in this Asian Zone qualifying campaign. As for Uli Stielike’s Korea Republic, a win in Doha should strengthen their hopes of direct qualification to Russia. The visitors have Qatar based duo Nam Tae-hee and Han Kook-young in their squad, while coach Stielike is also familiar with the Gulf emirate having worked here previously. On the other side, Qatar’s Uruguayan boss Fossati has recalled left back Abdelkarim Hassan to the Qatar camp and the Al Sadd player went on to score in a 2-2 friendly draw with DPR Korea last week. The home team will be without suspended star striker Sebastian Soria. However, star forward Rodrigo Tabata is available for selection. Squad: Hassan Al-Haidos, Saad Al-Sheeb, Ibrahim Majid, Pedro Miguel, Abdel-Rahman, Karim Hassan, Ali Asad, Kasola Mohammed, Boualem Khoukhi,Musab Khader, Moussa Haroun, Rodrigo Tabata, Omar Bari and Akram Afif. Coach: Jorge Fossati