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The UAE has issued a formal appeal to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on the eligibility of Qatari players during their participation in the 2019 Asian Cup, which concludes with a final match between Japan and Qatar in Abu Dhabi.
"The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has received an objection from the United Arab Emirates regarding the eligibility of two Qatar players," said a spokesman for the Continental Union at AFP on Thursday, January 31, 2019.
The United Arab Emirates is challenging the eligibility of attacker Moez Ali, 22, born in Sudan and top scorer of the tournament, and defender Bassam Al-Rawi, 21, a native of Iraq. According to the AFC Code of Discipline and Ethics, the involvement of any unqualified player is punished by an interruption of play and a fine.
"Any other business would be speculation and that's all we will have at this point," said the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The Al-Ittihad newspaper reported that "the football federation has prepared a file containing official documents proving at least Qatar's fraud in naturalizing players, especially the Iraqi Bassam Al-Rawi and the Sudanese Meaz Ali , which calls into question the integrity of the Qatari federation, which has adopted the naturalization of a large number of actors, Especially under 23, to circumvent Article 7 of the law on the nationality of FIFA. "
At a press conference on the eve of the match against Japan, Spanish coach Felix Sanchez declined to comment on the subject, stating, "We are only focusing on the final and will not let ourselves be distracted. by things that are far from it. " Qatar is grappling with a diplomatic crisis in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain accuse it of supporting terrorist groups, accusation denied by the small emirate rich in gas that has reached the final for the first time in its history.
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