L’Alcudia, Spain: Qatar juniors played out a goalless draw against Mexico in the second round of Group B in the L’Alcúdia International under-20 Football Tournament, at Els Arcs Municipal Stadium, L’ Alcudia. Having lost their opening match to Argentina; the draw revived Qatar’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals when they next take on Costa Rica on Friday. Both sides mounted numerous challenge on each other’s goalposts but neither team conceded a goal. Disenchanted with a 0-0 draw in their previous game against Costa Rica, the Mexicans dictated most of the exchanges throughout the first half, however, Qatar were the first to pose a serious threat when striker Hassan Ahmed squandered a golden chance after being set up by Hazem Ahmed. For Qatar’s youngsters, despite glimpses of quality in the opening session, a heavily dissimilar line up to the one that played Argentina 24 hours prior had to wait until the second half to shine, as the introduction of trio Abdulrahman Fahmi, Khalid Muneer and Adel Bader helped pace matters for Oscar Cano’s men, forcing Mexico to retreat in a bid to withstand pressure from a Qatar side that seldom allowed their opponents any time on the ball. Abdulrahman Fahmi came the closest to score Qatar’s first goal of the tournament as he dribbled his way past two defenders before striking the ball right onto the body of the goalie, who had to swiftly run backwards to make the second save just over the goal-line. The Oscar Cano-coached Qatar side is currently preparing for the U-19 Asian Cup to be held in Bahrain later this year. Qatar are the defending champions, having won the previous edition in October 2014. Qatar line-up: Ahmed Al Bacri (GK), Bassam Hisham, Ahmed Al Menhali, Tarek Salman, Abdullah Abdulsalam ©, Hazem Ahmed, Khalifa Al Malki, Hussien Bahzad, Hassan Ahmed, Hassan Waleed and Nasser Abdulsalam Substitutes: Khalid Muneer, Adel Bader and Abdulrahman Fahmi