Qatar set for November friendly against Switzerland

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Wednesday, April 18th 2018 01:01 PM

    DOHA: Qatar will play 2018 World Cup finalists Switzerland in an international friendly on November this year, the Qatar Football Association (QFA) announced on Wednesday.     Qatar will take on Switzerland (ranked 6th in FIFA rankings) on November 14 in Switzerland.     The international friendly will serve as another episode of Qatar’s friendly series against top-50 ranked sides in the world.   Coach Felix Sanchez will be looking to test his players against formidable opposition in a bid to form a powerful side in the build-up to the 2019 Asian Cup set to take place next January in the United Arab Emirates.     Last month, Qatar emerged winners of the Tri-Nation International Friendship Tournament ahead of hosts Iraq and Syria.     Switzerland, who will make their eleventh World Cup appearance their summer, are hopeful of making it past the quarterfinal hurdle, Switzerland has reached the last eight on three occasions.     With a team consisting of one of the finest generations of players Switzerland has ever produced, hopes are at an all-time high that the likes of Ricardo Rodriguez, Fabian Schaer, Xherdan Shaqiri, Granit Xhaka and Haris Seferovic can lead the (Swiss Nati) to reach the last eight of a major tournament after a wait of more than 60 years.     At the last World Cup (2014 in Brazil) Switzerland lost to Argentina in the last-16 round.