Baghdad – IA
The 2023 Asian Cup competitions will begin today, Friday, in Doha, with the home team, Qatar, facing its Lebanese counterpart, at Lusail Stadium, in the first group, which also includes the teams of China and Tajikistan.
Qatar’s Spanish national team coach, Lopez, was quoted as saying, “The time is very short, but he hopes that the players will trust his method and style. If we are together…
“We can do a lot.”
He added, “Pressure is always there, but it depends on the pressure you put on the players. Most importantly, in my opinion, for the players,
“It is for them to enjoy the matches.”
For its part, the Lebanese national team is playing its third campaign in the Asian Cup, hoping to qualify for the first time in the qualifying rounds in Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, while it is suffering a difficult reality under the leadership of Montenegrin Miodrag Radulovic.