DOHA: Goals from Hassan Al Haydos and Sebastian Soria on
Thursday powered Qatar to a convincing 2-0 win against Hong
Kong.
Al Haydos scored in the 20th minute while Soria fired one home
late in the second half as Qatar maintained their unbeaten streak
in 2018 FIFA World Cup?2019 Asian Cup qualifying campaign.
Qatar, coached by Daniel Carreno, have won seven consecutive
matches in the last nine months.
Top of Group C in their Asian Zone qualifying phase, Qatar have
21 points from 7 matches.
In the 20th minute, Abdelkareem Hassan - the hero of Qatar's
energetic U23 campaign two months ago - charged towards
the Hong Kong box and smartly chipped a pass to unmarked
Al Haydos.
The influential striker took first aim and flicked the ball into the
net for Qatar's first goal.
In a similar run, Hassan surged to the left of the pitch and then
curled a neat ball towards Rodrgio Tabata who failed to produce
a snapheader near Hong Kong mouthpiece.
Qatar produced numerous attacks on the Hong Kong defence
but the visitors just about managed to stay afloat by not conceding
any more goals in the first half.
In the 71st minute, Tabata curled an expertly taken free kick that
went agonizingly close to the crossbar.
In the 75th minute, Tabata smashed a quick shot into goalpost
much to dismay of Qatar fans.
Three minutes from time, Ismael Mohammed slipped a neat
ball from the right flank to Soria who flicked one home on
first attempt.
Qatar play China on March 29 in their final Group C game in
this qualifying phase.
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