Doha-Sana
The hope of qualifying for the AFC U-23 Championship still stands in front of the Syrian Olympic team through the gateway to victory over the Qatari team in the decisive confrontation that will bring them together tomorrow at the end of the group stage of the qualifiers for the first group.
Before entering tomorrow's match, our team holds four points from its victory over Sri Lanka with five goals without a response and a negative draw with Yemen, while Qatar leads the first group standings with six points.
Only the victory over its Qatari counterpart will guarantee our team’s qualification to the upcoming Asian finals in Uzbekistan, in which the first in the 11 groups in the qualifiers will be present, in addition to the best second place holder, knowing that the result of fourth place will be crossed out at the end of the qualifiers after the withdrawal of the DPRK team from the last group.
Our national team coach, Raafat Muhammad, is counting on the team’s players to beat Qatar to ensure qualification. He had indicated in the press conference after our team’s match with Yemen in the second round of the qualifiers that our team was the best party and did not take advantage of the opportunities that were available to it, pointing out at the same time that our team He was subjected to a great injustice by the referee of the match, as he did not award two clear penalties, which constituted a negative factor for our players throughout the course of the meeting.
Mohammed Al-Rahil