Qatar juniors spend busy time in Morocco

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Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 11:55 PM

RABAT, Morocco: Less than a day after beating hosts Morocco in afriendly, the Qatar U-19 squad on Wednesday spent time in recovering before returning to the pitch tomorrow to gear up for a second friendly against the hosting nation later this week. The young squad and the backroom staff also met withQatar embassy officials. To wound up their busy day, theQatar squad officialalso visited one of the oldest orphanages in Rabat. Earlier,HE Mansour bin Abdullah al-Sulaitin, Qatar's acting ambassador, visitedtheOscar Cano-coached squadto show support as the team is preparing to defend Qatar's title in the AFC U-19 Championship. The Qatar embassy officials later exchanged mementos with the Qatarfootball squad. On Tuesday, Qatar fought back against Morocco after conceding an earlygoal by scoring two to seal a morale-boosting win. Qatar squad is preparing for the AFC U-19 Asian Cup set to be held inBahrain later this year. Qatar, who are the defending champions, have lined up a series offriendlies out of the country before it flies to Bahrain for theevent.