Qatar national team stars have headed to their first training session under the guidance of head coach Jorge Fossati. The former Al Rayyan tactician has chosen a 27 man squad for the upcoming friendly against Russia and the World Cup qualification match to China.
Current QSL league leaders El Jaish have three players in the squad; keeper Khalifa Ababacar, defender Yasser Abubakar and midfielder Magid Mohamed. Second placed Al Sadd has a total of eight players in the squad including Sami Kasola, Ali Asad and national team captain Hassan Haydoos.
Lekhwiya have four players in the Al Anabi squad including; Luis Martin, Ali Afif, Karim Boudiaf and Mohammed Musa. Fossati also turned to his former club Al Rayyan to pick the five players including Saad AlL Hadjri, Sebastian Soria, Rodrigo Tabata and Ahmed Alaa
Qatar are set to take on Russia in a friendly game on Thursday the 10th of Novmber at Al Sadd stadium, before heading to Kunming just five days later on Tuesday the 15th of October to take on China.