Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Canberra: Qatar’s weekend woes continued in the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 with news of an injury to experienced defender Bilal Mohammed that rules him out for the rest of the tournament following their 4-1 defeat to the United Arab Emirates in the Group C encounter on Sunday.
The 28-year-old centre back received the injury during the final preparations for the game against regional rivals the UAE and he was not named among the match day squad of 22 by Qatar coach Djamel Belmadi.
Without the player who has been capped more than 100 times for Qatar, and was a member of the 2014 Gulf Cup-winning squad, Belmadi watched his side concede four goals against their regional rivals with Emirati strikers Ahmed Khalil and Ali Mabkhout netting a brace each after Khalfan Ibrahim had given Qatar the lead.
“Bilal Mohammed got an injury in the last training session, he will be out for the whole tournament,” said Belmadi following the defeat at Canberra Stadium.
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