Alkass Digital
Almoez Ali’s strike in the 69th minute helped Qatar beat El Salvador 1-0 in a friendly match at the Aldo Dorsina stadium in Pula city, Croatia, on Sunday. It was the final warm-up match for Qatar before the Asian Champions embark on their historic trip to the United States for the Gold Cup. Earlier last week, Felix Sanchez’s men had defeated Croatia’s reserved side 3-1. Today, Qatar squad will leave for Houston, Texas, where they play their three group stage Gold Cup matches. The tournament draw placed Qatar, participating as a guest team for the first time in the competition’s history, in Group D alongside Panama, Grenada and Honduras. Al Annabi will kick things off against Panama on July 13 and then face Grenada on the 17th before concluding the group stage against Honduras on the 20th.