International Friendly

FT Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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Match Report

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Qatar's Akram Afif scores as 2022 World Cup hosts stun Switzerland

Qatar, hosts of the next World Cup, pulled off one of the most impressive results in their history when they won 1-0 away to Switzerland in a friend

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Lineups

SUI · 3-5-2

  1. 12Yvon MvogoG
  2. 22Fabian SchärCD
  3. 5Loris BenitoCD-L
  4. 13Léo LacroixCD-R
  5. 8Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 17Denis ZakariaCM-R
  7. 10Granit XhakaAM
  8. 14Steven ZuberLM
  9. 6Michael LangRM
  10. 15Christian FassnachtCF-L
  11. 19Mario GavranovicCF-R

QAT · 3-4-3

  1. 21Yousof HassanG
  2. 16Boualem KhoukhiCD
  3. 26Tarek SalmanCD-L
  4. 15Bassam Al-RawiCD-R
  5. 6Abdulaziz HatemCM-L
  6. 28Assim MadiboCM-R
  7. 3Abdelkarim HassanLM
  8. 2Pedro MiguelRM
  9. 19Almoez AliF
  10. 11Akram AfifCF-L
  11. 10Hassan Al-HaydosCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Albian Ajeti replaces Mario Gavranovic.
  2. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Granit Xhaka.
  3. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Xherdan Shaqiri replaces Remo Freuler.
  4. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. François Moubandje replaces Steven Zuber.
  5. 62' Substitution, Switzerland. Kevin Mbabu replaces Michael Lang.
  6. 62' Substitution, Qatar. Salem Al Hajri replaces Assim Madibo.
  7. 68' Substitution, Switzerland. Djibril Sow replaces Denis Zakaria.
  8. 69' Substitution, Qatar. Karim Boudiaf replaces Abdelaziz Hatem.
  9. 71' Substitution, Qatar. Ahmed Al Aaeldin replaces Hasan Al Haydos.
  10. 86' Goal! Switzerland 0, Qatar 1. Akram Afif (Qatar) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Boudiaf following a fast break.
  11. 88' Substitution, Qatar. Ali Hassan Afif replaces Almoez Ali.
  12. 90'+1' Abdelkarim Hassan (Qatar) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Qatar. Ali Awad Bujaloof replaces Akram Afif.

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