Syria return to Damascus after playing the Philippines and China and winning them in the Asian and World Cup qualifiers

Damascus - Sana

The Syrian national football team returned to Damascus this evening from the United Arab Emirates after playing two games .. With China at the end of the first leg of the joint qualifiers for Asia and the World Cup and the Philippines in the first leg of the second leg of the same qualifiers.

Our team scored a 2-0 win over China and a 1-0 win over the Philippines to move top of Group A with 15 points, ahead of China with 7 points and the Philippines with 7 points, followed by the Maldives with 6 points and Guam in fifth and final without points.

In a statement to SANA Sports Representative, Vice-President of the Federation of Sports Dr. Maher Khayat pointed out that the Syrian team proved that it is one of the top teams in the Asian continent after returning with the full mark of five wins achieved so far in qualifying, pointing out that a training plan will be drawn up for the next stage to continue its victories and reach the finals Asian Cup and the decisive qualifying role for the World Cup.

For his part, the coach of the national team, Fajr Ibrahim that the strategy set for the team since the start of preparations for the qualifiers is going as planned as we reached our goal with the full mark and came close to qualify for the Asian finals and the next round of the World Cup qualifiers.

A number of players expressed their happiness with the results they achieved during the qualifiers, through which they seated on the forefront to paint this achievement smile on the faces of the Syrians, while expressing their readiness to exert more efforts to continue the path of qualifying successfully and achieve their ambition in the next finals armed with the will and determination.

The Syrian national team beat the Philippine counterpart yesterday without a reply in the second leg of the qualifiers, as he opened his qualifying campaign with a big victory over his Philippines 5-2 and won in his second meeting against the Maldives 2-1 and Guam 4-0 in its third match and concluded the stage Go win over his Chinese with two goals to a goal.