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Sports Information ‘Strong Qatar’ will be cheered Committee to launch promotional booklets on by Brazilian fans: Macedo Qatar at Copa Tribune News Network QNA Doha Sao Paulo The Felix Sanchez-coached The Qatari Sports Infor- Al Annabi are an ambi- mation Committee will tious lot and a strong team launch four promotional which can make an impres- booklets on Qatar in four sion at the forthcoming Copa world languages on the America 2019, feels former sidelines of Copa Ameri- Brazil and Qatar coach Evar- ca 2019 which will kick isto De Macedo. off in Brazil on Friday In a video message shared (June 14) and conclude with Qatar team ahead of on July 7. their participation in the Former Brazil and Qatar coach The Qatari team is 2019 Copa America, Mac- Evaristo De Macedo shared a taking part on an invitation edo said, “My message to video message with Qatar’s sent to the Asian champi- the players of Qatar National National football team ahead of ons by the South American team is that there is no team their participation in the 2019 Football Confederation in Copa America which hasn’t Copa America. (CONMEBOL). Qatar will experienced a loss. be the first Arab team to “Qatar’s team is strong and though the Asian champions participate in the tourna- their ambitions are aimed high. lost 2-0, they showed they won’t ment which includes Brazil, Your named will be be spectators when Argentina, Uruguay, Colom- forever remembered the competition be- bia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, in this tournament. gins on June 14. Paraguay, Japan, Ecuador You guys have the They won a and Bolivia. strength within you. warm-up clash The promotional book- The Brazilian fans against Brazilian lets titled “Qatar.. Legacy will be cheering for club Madureira Es- and Vision”, will promote you in your matches,” porte Clube 2-1. the culture and heritage of added the veteran, The team will Paraguay’s Federico Santander (left) and coach Eduardo Berizzo take part in a training session at Albiroga Complex in Ypane, near Asuncion, Qatar and introduce its his- who coached Qatar leave for Rio de on Tuesday, ahead of the Copa America 2019. Qatar will play their opening match against Paraguay on Sunday, June 16. (AFP) torical, geographical, tour- from 1980 to 1986 Janeiro on Thurs- ism and economic aspects. and again in 1992. day after camping announced on their website. mous Maracana Stadium. de Tijuca beach and is half B match in Sao Paulo on June The booklets will also shed Al Annabi had a at Porto Belo where Sanchez and his wards Qatar will be based at the an hour away from the Ma- 20, before what promises to light on the sports aspect taste of what is to come when they won the friendly match will arrive two days before Windsor Barra Hotel in Rio racana Stadium. be a feisty clash against Lionel with highlights Qatar while they played Brazil in a friendly against the local club, the their opener against Para- de Janeiro – a five-star hotel Al Annabi will also play Co- Messi’s Argentina in Porto completing its prepara- last Wednesday in Brasilia. Al- Qatar Foorball Association guay on June 16 at the fa- which overlooks Rio’s Barra lombia in their second Group Alegre on June 23. tions for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Brazil to unroll large security operation They provide a com- prehensive overview of the country’s most promi- beIN to broadcast Copa America 2019 with documentaries nent achievements in the field of sports and how it Tribune News Network historical matches including exclusive documentaries on became a sports capital, Doha those of heavyweights Brazil, the best Copa America teams having succeeded in the Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. and matches by using the organisation of successful beIN SPORTS is set to host beIN’s multi-talented pre- hashtag #beINCopa. tournaments and sporting the much-anticipated Copa senters from around the world Interactive polls will also be events held during the last America Brazil 2019 tourna- including Mohamed Saadon conducted so viewers can vote few years. ment live and exclusive on its al Kuwari, Ayman Jadah, Mo- for their best teams, players and The working on the channels. The action-packed hamed Abutrika, Nabil Maal- performers during this year’s brochures took more event will be taking place in oul and Lakhdar Berriche will Copa America Brazil 2019. than four months and the Brazil across 5 cities and 6 host special guests and con- beIN’s unique statistical View of the dock of Tororo with the Arena Fonte Nova stadium in the issuance will be in four venues from the 14th of June duct exclusive interviews with based ‘Match Centre’ format background, in Salvador, Brazil. (EPA-EFE) languages, namely: Arabic (Saturday, 15th of June Mecca Subscribers can benefit Copa America Brazil 2019 ded- will bring live statistical and (the official language of Time) until the 7th of July. from the beIN summer promo- icated studios available with historical data to subscribers : Brazil will deploy snipers and sniffer dogs for the the state), Portuguese (as For the first time in Copa tion with access to the 24 hour both Arabic and English com- in-game. Latin American tournament kicking off Friday, as the soccer-mad the brochures will be dis- America history, this edition dedicated Copa America Brazil mentary, ensuring fans don’t Viewers will also have country braces for the influx of thousands of fans. Around 10,000 tributed in Brazil), Spanish will see AFC Asian Cup cham- 2019 channels, 12 hours of ex- miss a moment of the action. the opportunity to join in private guards will be used to provide security inside stadiums for (which is the official lan- pions Qatar as the first Arab clusive documentaries on the beIN SPORTS’ digital and the discussions surround- the championship, while police will patrol outside as they monitor for guage of the rest of South nation to compete in the tour- Qatar national football team, social platforms will be shar- ing the live games through hooligans. “With all our experience I can guarantee that we have the American countries), and nament along with AFC Asian the life of Lionel Messi, Ney- ing articles and stories on Qa- all beIN SPORTS digital and conditions for a secure Copa America,” Cesar Martinez, director of in English (the first global Cup runners up Japan. mar and more – as well as 60 tar’s participation as well as social platforms. Integrated Operations at the justice and security ministry, told AFP. communication language among countries). The booklets will be distributed to more than 4,000 journalists and media professionals Chance for Chile’s Sanchez to banish United woes representing South Ameri- can countries as well as AFP He scored 60 goals in 123 on the left suggests that United was increasingly tion in Chile’s Group C opener nows Haiti on Thursday. scribes from Europe who Rio de Janeiro league games for the Gunners, have made their feelings clear. not the case un- against Japan next Monday is Spanish newspaper Marca will be present to cover almost one in every two match- The Copa America will come der Ole Gunnar uncertain due to an ankle in- has dismissed Chile’s chances of the events of the oldest It’s been an annus horribilis es, but that ratio has dropped as welcome respite for Sanchez, Solskjaer at Old jury picked up at the end of the completing a hat-trick of victo- tournament in history. and a half for Chile’s iconic lead- to less than one in 10 at United, not least because if fit he will Trafford. But club season. Sanchez was back ries as slim due to a lack of crea- The 136-page brochure er Alexis Sanchez, who is known where he had just nine Premier certainly start for Chile his par- working on Monday with his tivity, something that would be will highlight Qatar’s as the “Nino Maravilla” – won- League starts and one goal in – something that ticipa- team-mates at their training provided by Sanchez’s usual cut remarkable achievements der-kid – in his homeland. the last campaign. base in Itu, near Sao Paulo. and thrust. The squad has also in all sectors, including Chile’s most capped player He also had to sit out the “Without a doubt, Alexis been affected by rumors of in- sports and the accomplish- of all time and record goalscor- 2018 World Cup in Russia as is important for the national fighting surrounding the omis- ments made in the sports er, Sanchez is so popular in the Chile hadn’t qualified. At 30, team,” said central sion of former captain and vet- facilities and stadiums South American country that he Sanchez is far from finished midfielder Pablo eran goalkeeper Claudio Bravo. which will host FIFA World even stars in a film about him- but at Old Trafford there have Hernandez, That has proved unpopular Cup 2022. self that was released in Chile been signs that he’s lost his describing the with many fans that have sub- The booklets will also last month. spark. The won- Manchester sequently protested against Co- highlight the leading Having helped Chile win the der kid has at Star on United forward as “a key piece” lombian coach . sports facilities in Qa- last two Copa America compe- times saved his for the start of the tournament. Sanchez, though, has taken tar, including Aspire and titions – including the one-off best for the na- and off Team-mate Jose Pedro on the role of leader to call on Aspetar, and will include 100-year celebration Centenar- tional team and Fuenzalida said that Sanchez everyone to come together for speeches for President io in the United States in 2016 a strong show- the field “raises the level of the team the benefit of the team. of Qatar Media Corpora- – a statue of him has even been ing at the Copa could boost his Chile’s most capped when he’s on form, because he’s “We won two Copa America tion HE Sheikh Hamad erected in his home town Toco- options in the transfer market player of all time and a destabilizing player.” titles for the first time in Chile’s bin Thamer al Thani, and pilla. But it’s been an otherwise should he leave United, as ex- Sanchez was key in Chile’s history,” he wrote on his social Qatari sports media per- dreadful last 18 months for the pected, during the off season. record goalscorer, back-to-back Copa triumphs in media platforms. It was by be- sonalities. Manchester United winger on Return moves to either Italy Alexis Sanchez is so 2015 and 2016: the first in the ing united and with the support The booklets will the pitch. And Sanchez will be or Spain have been mooted de- popular in the South country’s history. He scored the of all Chileans, that’s essential provide a rich and reliable desperate to prove he has much spite the financial burden of American country that winning penalty in a shoot-out despite any differences.” source for Qatar’s march more to offer than his recent trying to match his reported he even stars in a to beat Argentina in the final Chile’s hopes of retaining towards achieving a club form suggests. 500,000 pounds ($636,000) on home soil in 2015. His ab- the trophy may rest on Sanchez sustainable legacy for Since moving from Arsenal a week wages. And the signing film about himself that sence was acutely felt in Chile’s re-discovering his form of old, generations and Qatar in January 2018, the vibrant of young Welsh winger Daniel was released in Chile one pre-Copa friendly interna- which would also boost his National Vision 2030. and pacey forward has been a James in direct competition for last month. tional, a labored come-from- chances of finding a way out of shadow of his former self. Sanchez’s preferred position behind 2-1 victory against min- his United nightmare.