Qatar hammer Bhutan 15-0 in lop-sided qualifying game

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Thursday, September 3rd 2015 10:06 PM

DOHA: In one of the most lop-sided games on the international stage, hosts Qatar on Thursday hammered lowly-ranked Bhutan 15-0 in their in a 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifying match at Al Sadd Stadium. A hat-trick of goals by Mohammed Muntari (37, 41 and 48) and Ali Asadalla (21, 45 and 63) headlined a Qatar goal glut in the Group C encounter at Al Sadd Stadium. A brace each by Mohammed Musa (28 and 8), captain Hassan Al Haydos (25 and 87) and Boualem Khoukhi (62 and 70) saw Qatar piled on the misery for Bhutan who looked completely out of sorts in the game. Mohammed Kasola (18), Akram Hassan (57) and Ismail Mohammed (75) also got their names on the scorer's list on Thursday. Thursday's win was a welcome relief for Qatar coach Daniel Carreno who saw his side struggle against Maldives in their opening qualifying game in June. Qatar scored in 99th minute in that win over Maldives. For Bhutan's Japanese coach Norio Tsukitate - who was seen with his Ipad during the game - it was a game to forget. Qatar midfielder Abdulrehman Mohammed said: "We took this game very seriously. We are obviously very happy but we put pressure from the first minute and that's why kept scoring the goals." Qatar now play Hong Kong on September 8 in an away fixture. In their opening clash, Hong Kong made an impressive start to their Group C campaign with comfortable home 7-0 win over Bhutan.