RABAT, Morocco: Visiting Qatar side on Monday beat hosts Morocco 2-1 after a feisty performance. The match is part of Qatar's preparation for this year's U-19 Asian Cup to be held in Bahrain later this year. Both teams launched the game on a cagey note but it was the home side that scored first onlyminutesinside the first half. Qatar picked up pace through their strikers after conceding the first goal, engaging the home team on numerous occasions. Muwaffaq Awad scored Qatar's equalizer in the 26th minute. Morocco, one of the top teams in Africa, launched a series of attacks in the second half also but Oscar Cano-coached Qatar side hit back swiftly. Qatar's Hassan Ahmed succeeded in finding the winner in the 82nd minute. Qatar will now play their second friendly on Wednesday. The team will play two friendlies in the Spanish city of Malaga on February 24 and 26 March next year against the national teams of Costa Rica and the Ivory Coast. Qatar are the defending champions of the 2014 U-19 AFC Asian Cup that was held in Myanmar in October 2014.