L’ Alcidia, Spain: Substitute Khalid Muneer took the plaudits as he scored late in the second half to grant Qatar a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid in the second round of Group B in the L’Alcúdia International under-20 Football Tournament, at Els Arcs Municipal Stadium, L’ Alcudia. Having lost their opening match to Chile; the draw revived Qatar’s hopes of reaching the quarter-finals when they next take on Gunia Equatorial on Wednesday. Coached by former Qatar u-16 manager Oscar Fernandez, the Spaniards dictated most of the exchanges throughout the first half, however, Qatar were the first to pose a serious threat when striker Hassan Ahmed bizzarly squandered a golden chance after being set up ny winger Abdulrashid Umaro inside the six-yard box. Cano Pekes opened the scoring for Atlético just tow minutes before halftime when he headed home a Tony Vargs cross past Qatar keeper Ahmed Al Bakri. For Qatar’s yongsters, despite glimpses of quality in the opening session, a heavily dissimilar line up to the one that played Chile 24 hours prior had to wait until the second half to shine, as the introduction of trio Abdulla Abdulsalam, Khalid Muneer and Tarek Salman helped pace matters for Joao Pereira’s men, forcing Atletico to retreat in a bid to withstand pressure, nonethless, Qatar were justly rewarded the equalizer just seven minutes before the final whistle when a defensive blunder saw goalie San Roman fumble the ball right towards the right foot of Khalid Muneer who smashed the ball into the back of the net. The Torneo Internacional de Fútbol Sub-20 de L’Alcúdia (L’Alcúdia International Under-20 Football Tournament), better known as COTIF, is an annual international invitational football competition for youth teams, open to both clubs and national and autonomous teams, held in L’Alcúdia, Valencia since 1984. Qatar features in Group A alongside Chile, Guinea Equatorial and Spanish club Atliteco Madrid. Qatar is preparing for the GCC U-19 tournament set to take place in September, as well as the AFC qualification group in October. The boys in maroon have already conducted a training camp in Turkey besides playing friendly games against Levante and Villarreal CF. The Qatar squad will continue their preparations following their return to Doha, Qatar Football Association said on Sunday. Qatar line-up:1 Mohammed; 5 Bassam (8 Addullah, m. 16), 6 Khalid, 7 Abdulrahman (10 Muneer), 9 Hassan, 12 Khalifa, 14 Meshaal (4 Tarek, m. 28), 15 Hussain (3 Ilys, m. 36 TA), 17 Abdulrasheed (11 Mubarak, m. 36), 18 Ahmed (20 Moustafa, m. 36) 23 Abushanab. Atlético Madrid line-up:13 San Román; 4 Toni, 8 Toni Vargas, 10 Spoljaric (6 Gómez Da Costa, m. 52), 11 Juan Moreno, 15 Perea, 16 Pekes (19 Ángel Torres, m. 52), 17 Nacho (9 Jaime Almagro, m. 52), 18 Keidi Bare (7 Rubén Fernández, m. 52), 20 Muñoz y 21 Daniel Hernández.