Qatar squad lands in Tehran for World Cup qualifier

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Wednesday, August 31st 2016 01:10 AM

TEHRAN, IRAN: Qatar squad has reached Tehran in a chartered flight for Thursday’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against hosts Iran. The Qatar squad – headed by coach Daniel Carreno – will hit the training pitch on Wednesday at Azadi Stadium in for the pre-match training session, details have revealed. Qatar take on Iran on September 1 in their opening match of the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian zone qualification. Qatar, who prepared for this match by playing four friendlies in August, led their group in the second round with 21 points following seven successive wins before eventually losing to China in a formality game. After the game, Qatar will head back to Doha to host Uzbekistan on September 6. Squad: Saad Al Sheeb, Mohammed Kasola, Ismael Mohammed Bualem Khoukhi, Ahmed Abdelmaksood, Pedro Miguel, Omar Bari, Mohammed Musa, Abdulkareem Hassan, Khalid Muftah, Kareem Buodiaf, Moiz Ali, Luiz Martin, Ali Asad, Abdulrehman Mohammed, Hassan Al Haydos, Rodrigo Tabata, Akram Afif, Lekomt Amin, Sebastian Soria, Meshal Abdullah, Ahmed Yasir and Abdullah Tresor. Coach: Daniel Carreno