Qatar set for China friendly

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Thursday, September 6th 2018 10:40 PM

Doha: Felix Sanchez's Qatar will take on China in an international friendly tomorrow at the Khalifa International Stadium.   Tomorrow’s friendly will be followed with another tie against Palestine on the 11th of the same month.   Qatar coach Sanchez in the coming months wants to play several friendly matches with various teams to ensure the best preparation for his side for the 2019 Asian Cup, Asia’s top competition for national teams.   In the 2019 Asian Cup, Qatar will be playing against Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and North Korea in Group E.   “The team atmosphere is very positive and an enjoyable one,” Sanchez told QFA website in an interview.   “Things are developing as planned. The players have responded well to my plans,” Sanchez added.   “The coming days and weeks and even months will be used appropriately to build player fitness and confidence,” he said.   Sanchez named 25 players for the camp ahead of the two friendlies. Squad: Meshal Barshm (goalkeeper), Pedro Miguel, Salem Al Hajri, Tarek Salman, Abdul Karim Hassan, Boualem Khoukhi, Hashim Ali, Hassan Al Heidos and Akram Afif (Al Sadd). Bassam Hisham Al-Rawi, Sultan Al-Barik, Asim Madbo, Abdullah Abdul Salam Al-Ahraq, Abdulrahman Fahmi, Al-Moaz Ali (Al-Duhail), Yousuf Hassan (goalkeeper), Mahdi Ali, Abdul Aziz Hatem and Ahmad Alaa, Hamad Al Obeidi and Abdul Karim Salim Al Ali (Al Sailiya) Mohammed Alaa (Al Rayyan) Ahmed Fathi (Arab) Ahmed Moeen (Qatar) Mohammed Bakri (goalkeeper) (Al Khor). Coach: Felix Sanchez