Young Maroons can count on home support to relize their Olympic goal. The Olympic dreams of Qatar are still very much on despite their heart-breaking 3-1 defeat to the Korean Republic on Tuesday evening.
Speaking after the defeat, head coach Felix Sanchez was confident in pulling off a result, despite the circumstances. “The next game will be the most difficult for the players. This will be our last chance to reach the Olympic Games. I am confident that the team will do well and get that result,” he said.
Qatar will now play Iraq in the third/fourth place play-off knowing that victory will secure a place at the Olympic Games for the first time since 1992. Felix Sanchez will be looking on a vocal home support to push on the maroons.
As for Qatar’s opponents, they suffered similar heart-break in their semi-final clash against Japan. A 93rd minute stoppage time strike from Riki Harakawa gave the Japanese a narrow 2-1 victory.
Both sides will now have to lift themselves for the match, with a chance to participate at the Olympic Games at stake. Thankfully Qatar should have a fully fit squad for the match, and will be relying on the influential midfield trio of Akram Afif, Ahmed Alaaeldin and Ali Asad to create chances for the Young Maroons.
Iraq will be looking to tricky winger Humam Tariq and bustling striker Mahdi Kamel to inspire the Lions to their second Olympic Games since Athens in 2004. Iraq have been on fine form throughout this competition, and will be no pushover.
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Qatar will also be pushed on by a sizeable crowd, so far at the championships Qatar’s games have had seen over 10,000 fans cram into the Jassim Bin Hamad stadium to will on Qatar. This passionate support base will be needed more than ever on Friday afternoon if Qatar are to reach their first Olympic Games since Barcelona.
The match kicks-off at 5:45pm at Al Sadd stadium Tickets are available for the clash online here.
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