Qatar set for Northern Ireland tune-up DOHA

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Monday, March 16th 2015 02:22 PM

DOHA:Qatar Football Association (QFA) announced that the national side will take on Northern Ireland as part of their training camp at St George’s Park for the first phase of training ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The match will take place on May 31 at Gresty Road Stadium , the home venue of Football League One side Crewe Alexandria. The training camp at St George’s Park will be heldfrom May 26 to June 4. The maroons are scheduled to host Algeria and Slovenia later this month in their first appearance after failing to go beyond the group stage in an out of sorts Asian Cup campaign last January. St George’s Park is the English Football Association’s national football centre on a 330-acre site at Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. The center was officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on 9 October 2012.