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NBA | Page 5 Rose and Towns combine as Wolves edge Suns Tuesday, January 22, 2019 FOOTBALL Jumada I 16, 1440 AH Ryan the hero GULF TIMES as Australia beat Uzbekistan in shootout SPORT Page 3 ASIAN CUP/ QATAR VS IRAQ, 7PM TODAY Qatar ready for ‘hard’ game of football against Iraq ‘It was wonderful to see the team win three matches while playing quality football. But SPOTLIGHT now we forget those results because to ensure we emerge victorious we must start afresh’ Agencies Abu Dhabi Japan oach Felix Sanchez said Qatar will ‘play hard’ football in their AFC Asian Cup last 16 Cclash against 2007 champions knock out Iraq today. Qatar stormed into the last-sixteen of the 24-team tournament on the back of three straight wins against Lebanon, North Korea and Saudi Arabia. Saudis “We will play hard,” Sanchez said in a pre-match press confer- Reuters ence. “Our aim is to win and to do Sharjah that we have to play our best be- cause our opponents are strong,” the Spaniard added. fi rst-half goal from “Our team is riding high on Takehiro Tomi- confi dence. This is like the fi nal. yasu was enough to To win the match is our goal,” send Japan into the Sanchez said. AAsian Cup quarter-fi nals for “It was wonderful to see the the eighth consecutive tour- team win three matches while nament after a 1-0 win over playing quality football. But now Saudi Arabia at Sharjah Sta- we forget those results because to dium yesterday. ensure we emerge victorious, we The Saudis, looking to must start afresh. We will do our end a 23-year drought since best. Iraq has talented players their third continental title, and for us to qualify for the next paid the price for failing to stage, we must win this match,” convert their chances and Sanchez said. Raring to go: Asian Cup top scorer Almoez Ali (second from left) poses with his teammates during a training session in Abu Dhabi yesterday. At so the four-times champion “We have been working hard bottom, coach Felx Sanchec and player Ali Afif attend a pre-match press conference. Samurai Blue progress to for a long time. We have a great “Opponents cannot be chosen. group and won against every- face Vietnam on Thursday. Takehiro Tomiyasu group of gifted players who work You play whom you get to face. body. All players are confi dent,” Japan went in front in the celebrates with Maya as a one unit. This was our meth- Any opponent will have a tough Afi f said. 20th minute when defender Yoshida after scoring od in previous matches – to play time. Iraq is a strong team with “We know they are a tough side Tomiyasu rose above a Saudi against Saudi Arabia. as a unit and give our best. a distinguished group of players. but we are ready with our confi - defender in the centre of the “We also played strong teams We look forward to playing to win dence high,” he added. box to head a corner into the Moments later defender in friendly matches in the last to qualify for the quarter-fi nals.” “Our team has a great bunch bottom left-hand corner of Ali Hadi al-Bulayhi guided few matches. We played against Reacting to praise from Por- of young players and they have the net.The Samurai Blue the ball well over the bar Ecuador, Switzerland, Iceland tuguese coach Jose Mourinho on to be patient to have a promising defenders put in a solid shift with a free header after an and many other teams. That gave Thursday after Qatar beat Saudi future.” against an aggressive Saudi inviting Aldawsari cross into us match practice and the experi- Arabia, Sanchez said: “Of course “You can see the seriousness Arabia, who dictated play the penalty area. ence we needed to get the players it is very nice to hear such words. with which the players play. They throughout the match but The defeat could be Juan ready,” Sanchez said. We feel good to have the praise of play to win and improve. That’s struggled in front of goal. Antonio Pizzi’s last match “We have had enough time to a great coach like Mourinho. It to their advantage since they “Today’s key was that we as Saudi Arabia head coach. rest and be ready for this match. was a great game against Saudi want to play for Qatar for long,” could play with patience,” He told reporters that his It is diffi cult to win in all games of and we enjoyed our win.” he said. Japan coach Hajime Mori- contract expired at the the championship in general but Meanwhile Qatar will put in On the technical level of the yasu told reporters. Asian Cup and that so far we were able to achieve this be- a 100 percent eff ort for a win in two teams, Afi f explained: “The Midfi elder Salem Aldaw- there had been no discus- cause we stuck to our plans. We their last 16 clash against Iraq, two teams have the elements sari had a golden opportu- sions on renewing it. Japan, intend to repeat that against Iraq forward Ali Afi f said. capable of making a diff erence. nity to put the Green Falcons who claimed their last title also. We will have the same ap- “It is an important match since That makes for an interesting level in the 62nd minute but in 2011, had won all three of proach that we had against all our we will be playing a strong outfi t clash. We are meeting a team sprayed the ball over the bar their previous tournament three rivals (in the fi rst stage),” he As for playing against Iraq, ing Saudi Arabia 2-0 in their last in Iraq. But let me tell you, Qatar that has done well in this tourna- with a right-footed shot matches to fi nish top of their added. another Arab side after beat- game, Sanchez said yesterday: players are ready. We topped our ment.” from the centre of the box. group. CRICKET Qatar outplay Saudi Arabia in ACC opener By Sports Reporter players to have the rivals struggling brisk 26-ball 43, which included bia. We hope that the Qatar team will Muscat at five for 39. Saudi opener Sajid eight hits to the fence, and they lost keep improving its performance and Imran Cheema scored a 41-ball 47. three more players in quick succes- continue to win matches. We wish After Cheema was ninth out at 88, sion. more successes to the team,” al-Ku- atar’s Tamoor Sajjad (pic- Mohamed Adnan offered a spirited But Mohamed Tanveer and Noman wari added in his statement. tured receiving his man- rearguard resistance and collected Sarwar held the innings together to of-the-match award) 38 not out with four sixes and two see Qatar home in 15.3 overs. Tanveer Brief scores: snared three wickets for 11 boundaries. His 15-ball effort helped blasted two sixes and three fours to Qatar beat Saudi Arabia by four runsQ as Qatar posted a fi ne four-wick- the team reach 126. collect 33 not out off 18 balls, while Saudi Arabia wickets: : 126 all out in et victory over Saudi Arabia in their Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry also Sarwar’s unbeaten 11 had two fours. in 20 overs (Sajid Imran Cheema 43, opening match of the ACC Western grabbed three wickets, while In- Sajjad was declared the man of the Mohamed Adnan 38; Noman Sarwar Region Twenty20 Cricket Tournament am-Ul-Haq and Mohamed Nadeem match. 2/16, Tamoor Sajjad 3/11, Mohamed here yesterday. shared two wickets. Qatar Cricket Association Presi- Nadeem 1/43, Inam-Ul- Haq 1/13, The decision to put Saudi Arabia Qatar also suffered an early set- dent Yousef Jeham al-Kuwari con- Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry 3/26) in to bat first by Qatar skipper In- back as they lost Kamran Khan for gratulated the national team on their Qatar: 126 for seven in 15.3 overs am-Ul-Haq was justified as Noman six. But they steadied their innings superb victory over bitter rivals Sau- (Faisal Javed Khan 43, Zaheerud- Sarwar dealt two quick blows. Saudi with a 47-run stand between Faisal di Arabia. deen Ibrahim 21, Mohamed Tanveer Arabia, from two down for eight in Javed Khan and Zaheeruddeen Ibra- “We are extremely pleased with 33 runs, Noman Sarwar 11 not out; two overs, could never recover and him, who hit 21 with two sixes and a the national team’s splendid four- Ibrar-Ul Haq 1/23, Usman Ali 1/21, folded up at 126 off the final ball. four in 18 balls. wicket triumph in the opening match Mohamed Nadeem 3/16, Faizal Khan The Saudi collapse was accelerated The winners experienced a mini in the ACC Western Region T20 in 1/21) by Sajjad who removed three more slump after Khan went out after a Oman and that too over Saudi Ara- Man-of-the-match: Tamoor Sajjad Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, January 22, 2019 FOOTBALL ASIAN CUP QATAR TRAIN FOR IRAQ GAME Ryan the hero as Australia beat Uzbekistan Holders to play hosts UAE in the quarter-finals Qatar players train on the eve of their Asian Cup Round of 16 match against Iraq at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday. FOCUS UAE beat Kyrgyzstan in extra time to enter quarter-fi nals AFC ed UAE goalkeeper Khalid Eisa and fi nished with Abu Dhabi aplomb to draw his side level.

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