Hosts Qatar Drawn with UAE, Yemen and Iraq
Coach Lippi says he’s quitting as China lose to Syria PAGE 13 FRIDay, NOVEMBER 15, 2019 Hosts Qatar drawn with UAE, Yemen and Iraq Asian Cup. I hope we will reach a high level of football in this tournament. They are pre- paring for major tournaments and this is hopefully an advan- tage for teams to show their talented players, and how im- portant the Gulf Cup is for us. “Actually it’s better than five teams, and the eight teams will show more performance, and hopefully it will be the best Gulf Cup tournament in terms of performance of play- ers,” Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation General Secretary Jassim al Rumaihi said after The FIFA Club World Cup Trophy at the iconic Souq Waqif. the draw. Oman, Saudi Al Rumaihi also added that he expects a huge turnout Arabia, Kuwait from fans across the region, FIFA Club World Cup while tipping the host nation and Bahrain to win. in Group B “I think the crowd will be trophy on display at good, this tournament means AYENI OLUSEGUN a lot to everybody, not just Qa- DOHA taris but the whole Gulf. Hope- Souq Waqif today fully we will see a high turnout HOSTS and Asian champi- from the crowd and high level HE FIFA Club World ons Qatar have been drawn in of performance. Cup Winners’ Trophy Group A alongside UAE, Yem- “As a Qatari, it will be great will be on display at en and Iraq for the 24th edi- for us to win. We have a very Doha’s famous Souq tion of the Arabian Gulf Cup good team and we have always TWaqif on Friday as Qatar’s to be held from November 26 won the Gulf Cup whenever preparations to host the pin- Click & Keep to December 8.
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