We Played Well in the Second Half: Qatar Coach

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Thursday, March 6th 2014 10:16 AM

DOHA: Qatar coach said his team played better football in the last 45 minutes of the goalless draw against Bahrain on Wednesday. Both teams failed to score at Al Gharafa Stadium where the two sides were keen to top Group D with a win in their final 2015 Asian Cup qualifying match. "First of all, congratulations to the Bahrain team. We played very well today and I'm pleased with the overall performance of the players," coach Fahad said after the match. "However, (I am) not pleased with the match result. First half was not as I expected, but the second half was better for us as we had more opportunities and chances to score. "We didn't manage to seize these opportunities to score and take advantage of the strong chances that we had. We have already qualified from previous rounds, but our objective today was take the lead in the group," the coach added. "Our young players need friendly matches and training camps to improve their performance and prepare them for the tournament so the plan is to take part in many training camps and play friendly matches with different teams," he said.