DOHA: National team Director Ahmed praised his team spirited performance and said he was not too disappointed with his side's failure to capitalize on their numerical advantage for the greater portion of the match. Qatar drew with Bahrain 1-1 in preparation for the 8^th edition of the West Asia Football Federation Championship set to kick off Wednesday. Qatar will commence their group A matches against Palestine on December 25, before playing KSA. "In the first half, I think we played very good football. It was nice to see, considering it is a recently assembled squad" Khalil toldthe Qatar Football Association official website after the final whistle at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. "We got in front; we had a couple of chances more. It was a very open game I think”. "Even at the end of the game, I think we did well keeping the ball. I understand the boys in there - they're disappointed – but, as I said to them, if we keep on going like this with the same spirit and playing the way we did in the first half, we will have no problems.