We Manage To Compete Against Tough Opponents, Says Sanchez After World Cup Exit

Qatar football team head coach, Felix Sanchez is not disappointed with the team’s early exit at the world Cup.

Sanchez, on November 25, 2022, announced that football game has come to stay in the country despite the squad’s unfavourable outings which he attributed to tough opponents.

The host dashed hope of survival after a 1-1 draw between Ecuador and  Netherlands and 3-1 defeat to Senegal at the group stage. The country also lost 2-0 to Ecuador in her first game.

After huge investment at the tournament, Qatar became the second host nation to be eliminated in the first round in relation to South Africa in 2010.

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Hear him: “The World Cup will finish but football will continue here. It’s a football country and they want to keep developing young talent so they can reach the senior team. We can keep on competing within our limitations in Asia.

“By doing that, we’ll get more experience and we’ll be able to play in more competitions like this. We wanted to show what we could do on the pitch.

“Most of our opponents are ahead of us but the players did very well and at times we managed to compete against a tough opponent in Senegal. We have a very tough ahead of us against the Netherlands and we intend to be competitive.

“We can’t miss a chance like this, playing at a World Cup,” he said.