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Al-Annabi hopes to get its best position in Group V, which includes (besides Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and North Korea).
Qatar are in competition with a team of experienced players and young men, including Abdelkrim Hbadan, the best player on the continent in 2018, and his Spanish coach wants to focus exclusively on football.
Al-Annabi arrived Saturday in Al Ain (UAE) to play his first game against Lebanon on Wednesday at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium.
"Black Horse" in the tournament
Al-Annabi participates for the tenth time in the Asian Championship. The best result of Qatar was the quarterfinals of Lebanon 2000 and home in 2011.
Qatar, which is preparing to host the 2022 World Cup, has achieved positive results since the resumption of Sanchez in 2017.
Aged 43, he has strengthened his squad with many young players.
Sanchez is one of Qatar's most famous young players. He came to oversee the first team after crossing most age groups.
Defender Abdelkrim Hbadan, 25, and his teammate Akram Afif, 22, who has played for Spanish clubs (officially linked to Villarreal and currently defending the colors of the loaned barrage) should be able to count on him 22) also played for Al-Duhail, who scored the top scorer in the 2018 Asian Cup for a 23-year-old.
"In general, we are ready for the tournament and for the group, it is difficult and we still think of the first match of the group (against Lebanon on Wednesday) and we will play match after match and the goal is to we qualify the group, "Hbadan told AFP.
"Our ambition is to make the most of the tournament, but more importantly, we are going from one game to the next and not future events.
Hbadan said that the team's failure in previous competitions to skip the quarter-finals was not a knot for the 2019 version players.
"I propose that Qatar be the black horse of the tournament and, with the current generation of Qatar, I am confident that we will overcome the quarter-finals," he said.
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