Alkass Digital
Qatar national football team drew with its host Luxembourg (1-1) in the match that took place Tuesday at Josy Barthel Stadium in the capital, Luxembourg, as part of the sixth round of Group A matches in the European qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar 2022 Next year.
Luxembourg advanced first through its player Yvandro Borges Sanches in the 31st minute, Qatari team equalized through the substitute player Hammam Al-Amin in the 43rd minute.
The tie is the second for Qatar in the qualifiers after the first against Ireland (1-1) in the third round of the qualifiers, while Qatar victory in the first and second rounds against Luxembourg (1-0) and Azerbaijan (2-1) respectively, and two losses in the fourth and fifth rounds against Serbia ( 0-4) and Portugal (1-3).
Qatar the host of the next World Cup, participate in the European qualifiers in the first group competitions without calculating the results after an invitation received by the Qatar Federation from its European counterpart.
Qatar and Luxembourg was equal between the two teams, where the two teams exchanged control of the match periods, and each team managed to score first to end the match in a positive tie
The Qatari team started the first half by controlling the center of the field, which almost resulted in an early goal after a long ball from Hassan Al-Haydos, after which Ali Afif scored against Luxembourg, but he failed to receive the ball to get the goalkeeper out and catch it brilliantly (3).
Luxembourg team responded quickly with an organized attack from the right side, Qatar's defenders miscalculated and dangerously reached Olivier Thill, who was free of control on the edge of the penalty area, but he shot wide in the 6th minute.
Al-Haydos led a quick attack from the right side and penetrated the defense after a skillful dribble, but he hit a powerful ball that hit the defense and turned into a corner that Qatar players did not benefit from in the 10th minute.
Luxembourg players controlled the midfield area and organized dangerous attacks, as Progress Sanchez passed from the left side and hit a dangerous ball that hit Qatar defender Bassam Al-Rawi and turned towards his goal to bounce off the right post in the 19th minute, followed by a dangerous attack by the Luxembourg team, but that the defenders and goalkeeper Yousef Hassan, were valiant and saved their goal from a goal opportunity in the 24th minute.
Luxembourg team translated its advantage in the 31st minute and scored the goal of the advance from an organized attack from the right side that reached striker Daniel Sinani, who easily received the ball in the penalty area, and passed a cross to his colleague Progress Sanchez, who was free of censorship, and hit a strong shot that collides with goalkeeper Youssef Hassan and enters the net.
Before the end of the first half, the Qatari team was able to return and equalize the result from an organized attack after a long ball from Bassam Al-Rawi, which was received by the substitute Hammam Al-Amin on the left side with great skill, then he dribbled with great skill and was unique in the goal and hit the net to the left of Anthony Morris, Luxembourg goalkeeper, scoring a goal. equalizer per minute (43).
In the second half, the Qatari team started with an advantage and almost advanced on more than one occasion, most notably Abdulaziz Hatem's shot that passed near the right post (51), followed by a powerful shot from Al-Moez Ali that passed far from Luxembourg's goal in the 57th minute.
The Qatari team missed an opportunity to achieve a goal from a quick counter-attack after a perfect longitudinal ball from Akram Afif, after which Al-Moez Ali shot it next to the right post in the 69th minute, then another attack led by Pedro Miguel from the right side and an elegant cross passed from In front of the Luxembourg goal, in the 78th minute.
The last minutes of the match passed quickly without a change in the result, as the Luxembourg attacks did not result in light of the solidity of the Qatari defense and the brilliance of its goalkeeper.