Monday, March 28th 2016 04:39 PM
XI’AN, CHINA: Visiting Qatar squad will be eyeing their eighth win
when they take on hosts China PR in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
game on Tuesday.
On Thursday, hosts Qatar crushed Hong Kong 2-0 for their seventh
consecutive win in Group C, Asian Zone qualifying match played in
Doha.
Coached by Daniel Carreno, Qatar have pocketed 21 points to lead
Group C.
Qatar will miss the services of Hassan Al Haydos and Sebstian Soria
who are out on suspension. Ali Asad is also suspended while Ahmed
Yasser is out with injury.
Qatar beat China PR in their first leg 1-0 when the two teams clashed
in Doha in October last year.
China downed Maldives 4-0 with midfielder Jiang Ning's hat-trick to keep
their hope of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup alive at their penultimate
match of Group C in the second round of Asian qualifiers last week.
Tuesday's clash will be played at Shanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an.
Qatar arrived in China on Sunday evening.
Squad: Saad Abdullah Al Sheeb, Mohammed Kasola, Ismael Mohammed
Bualem Khoukhi, Abdulrehman Isa, Pedro Miguel, Mohammed Omar Bari,
Musa, Musab Khidr, Abdulkareem Hassan, Khalid Muftah, Kareem Buodiaf,
Luiz Martin, Abdulrehman Mohammed, Abdulaziz Hatem, Hassan Khalid,
Rodrigo Tabata, Akram Afif, Majid Mohammed, Mohammed Muntari,
Meshael Abdullah and Ahmed Alaa’.
Coach: Daniel Carreno