Spanish coach Marquez Lopez, coach of the Qatar national team, announced the formation of Al-Anabi, the host of the 2023 Asian Cup, to face the Uzbekistan national team in the quarter-finals of the Asian Nations Championship, which is currently being held until next February 10.
The Qatari national team enters the match after topping its group with three victories over Lebanon by 3-0, Tajikistan with a clean goal, and China with the same result, while it defeated Palestine 2-1 in the round of 16, while the Uzbekistan national team enters the match after achieving victory in one match in the group stage against India 3/0 and two draws against Syria 0/0 and Australia 1/1, while a victory over Thailand was achieved by two goals to one in the round of 16.
The composition of the Qatar national team was as follows:
Mishal Barshim, Pedro Miguel, Al-Mahdi Ali, Muhammad Waad, Tariq Salman, Hassan Al-Haydos, Akram Afif, Lucas Mendes, Al-Moez Ali, Ahmed Fathy, Jassim Jaber.
While the formation of the Uzbekistan national team was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Otker Yesuyev.
Defense: Abdulla Abdullayev, Umar Eshmuradov, Rustamjon Ashurmatov.
Midfield: Abdulaziz Turgunbayev, Otatebek Shukurov, Odiljon Hamroikov, Farukh Saifeev.
Attack: Auston Uronov, Abasibek Fayzulayev, Jalaludin Masharipov.
Today’s match, which will be held at 5:30 pm Cairo time, will be difficult for the hosts in light of Uzbekistan’s historical superiority over Qatar, as the Uzbekistan national team has won 9 of the last 11 confrontations against the Qatari national team, and this will be the first confrontation between the two teams in the knockout rounds of the tournament.
On the other hand, the Uzbekistan national team hopes to eliminate the defending champion and the home team, continuing to provide strong and distinguished results in the current tournament, in addition to playing the quarter-final match for the fifth time in its history in the Asian Cup since 2004.
