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Saudi Arabia and Qatar qualified for the knockout stages on Thursday in Abu Dhabi at the end of the group stage of the 2018 Asian Football Cup, in the context of the Gulf diplomatic crisis.
Qatar won its first match in the UAE and won 2-0 in Lebanon, then 6-0 for North Korea, and six points to reach the final round, similar to Saudi Arabia, who easily beat North Korea to four and Lebanon to two.
For the third match, Qatari fans will miss the stadiums in the United Arab Emirates after Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Manama, as well as Cairo, broke off relations with Doha in June 2017.
"Our supporters are not here, but they are encouraging us since Qatar and the players are used to playing outside without supporters in the AFC Champions League," said Qatar coach Felix Sanchez. , after the recent victory over North Korea.
For his part, midfielder Akram Afif told AFP: "Of course, we were hoping to play in front of our home crowd, for us, no problem, at the end there are 11 players against 11".
The Saudi Football Federation announced "the establishment of Qatif province bus to support the national team mbadively before the Qatar team", and opened the doors of its headquarters to Dubai to the mbades of Saudi and UAE wishing to obtain tickets.
Mohammed al-Dosari, head of free ticket distribution, confirmed that the Federation had monitored 9,000 tickets for the meeting, including Saudi and Emirati supporters.
Historically, the differences between the two teams seem to have been impressive since the start of the Saudi Arabian Cup in 1984, winning the titles 1984, 1988 and 1996, then the second in 1992 and 2000, but in the last four editions and recalled three times from the first lap to a slow start. A second place in 2007.
Moreover, the best achievement for Qatar is to reach the quarterfinals twice (2000 and 2011).
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