The Spanish coach bet on the Qatari national football team Julen Lopetegui He has elements of experience in his final list selected on Monday to compete in the finals World Cup In the United States, Mexico and Canada, from June 11 until July 19.
Hafez is the former coach of his country’s national team and club real madrid Most of the members of the old guard who were invited to the initial list despite being close to ending their careers, such as Brazilian-origin Lucas Mendes (36 years old), Khoukhi Boualem, Karim Boudiaf, Abdelaziz Hatem and Commander Hassan Al-Hayoudis, all of whom have reached the age of 35.
On the other hand, Lopetegui excluded a large number of young players, in addition to the Uruguayan veteran Sebastian Soria, who will not go down in history as the oldest field player to participate in the tournament. World Cup He would have reached 42 years and 215 days with the start of the World Wedding, thus surpassing Cameroonian Roger Milla (42 and 39 days).
Likewise, Lopetegui (59 years old) retained the most prominent stars of the team who participated in the 2022 World Cup, led by the godfathers of the 2019 and 2023 Asian Cup achievements, Akram Afif, Al-Moez Ali, goalkeeper Mishal Barshim, and defender Pedro Miguel, while Belgian-born Edmilson Junior will appear for the first time with Qatar in the World Cup.
“Al-Anabi” lost to Ireland 0-1 in Dublin last week, before entering a camp in the United States, including a second and final friendly test against El Salvador on the sixth of this month.
And it begins Qatar The World Cup will face Switzerland on June 13 in San Francisco in the second group competitions, then travel to Vancouver to meet its Canadian counterpart on June 18, concluding the first round by facing Bosnia in Seattle, USA, on the 24 of the same month.
Qatar national team star Akram Afif. (agencies)
The final list of the Qatar national team for the 2026 World Cup
Goalkeepers: Salah Zakaria (Al-Duhail), Mishal Barshim (Al-Sadd), Mahmoud Abu Nada (Al-Rayyan).
Defense: Khoukhi Boualem and Pedro Miguel (Al-Sadd), Sultan Al-Breik (Al-Duhail), Ayoub Al-Alawi (Al-Gharafa), Al-Hashimi Al-Hussein and Issa Lay (Al-Arabi), Hammam Al-Amin (Cultural Leonesa, Spain), Lucas Mendes (Al-Wakrah).
Midfield: Ahmed Fathi (Al-Arabi), Ahmed Al-Janahi (Al-Gharafa), Hassan Al-Haydos (Al-Sadd), Mohamed Manai (Al-Shamal), Karim Boudiaf and Tahseen Mohamed (Al-Duhail), Assem Madbou (Al-Wakra), Jassim Jaber and Abdulaziz Hatem (Al-Rayyan).
Attack: Akram Afif (Al-Sadd), Al-Moez Ali Wadmislon Jr. (Al-Duhail), Mohamed Muntari (Al-Gharafa), Youssef Abdul Razzaq (Al-Wakra), Ahmed Alaa (Al-Rayyan)
