Socceroos to take on Messi at Copa America
Australia will face Lionel Messi and Argentina at next year's Copa America after being drawn in Group A for the South American championship.
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All times ETAustralia will face Lionel Messi and Argentina at next year's Copa America after being drawn in Group A for the South American championship.
Backing themselves and unmindful of pressure and opposition, India showed against Qatar that Igor Stimac's ideas were not all-talk.
Few expected India to come back from Doha with anything, but Igor Stimac's tactics and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu's heroics earned the visitors a draw.
India were without captain Sunil Chhetri, but their No.1 Gurpreet Singh inspired the team to a 0-0 draw against Asian champions Qatar.
Mere days after the heartbreaking loss to Oman, India could be without their captain and talisman when they play Asian Cup champs Qatar.
Lionel Scaloni is making it work game by game with this Argentina squad. Even though things still don't fit Lionel Messi, they're still in the hunt.
Sergio Aguero and Lautaro Martinez both scored in Argentina's 2-0 win over Qatar that sealed their place in the Copa America quarterfinals.
A late goal from Duvan Zapata, his second in two games, gave Colombia a 1-0 win over Qatar on Wednesday.
Qatar fought their way back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Paraguay in their first ever Copa America game on Sunday.
Australia will be one of the two guest nations at the 2020 Copa America, the head of South America's football body said on Thursday.
Brazil's 2-0 friendly win over Asian champions Qatar in Brasilia came at a heavy cost after they lost striker Neymar to an ankle injury.
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FIFA is considering adding Oman and Kuwait as hosts alongside Qatar if the 2022 World Cup expands from 32 to 48 teams.
Asian Cup winners Qatar dominate ESPN's Team of the Tournament, but there's also room for the man with the worst (best?) hair and an MLS-bound star.
Qatar has joined a growing list of recent tournament winners - like Chile, Portugal and France - that functioned almost solely as the reactive team.
Nobody expected Qatar to make too many waves in the AFC Asian Cup, but with 19 goals scored and one conceded, they are undoubtedly worthy champions.
Qatar claimed their first Asian Cup triumph with a stunning 3-1 win over four-times champions Japan on Friday.
Hosts UAE, who lost 4-0 to Qatar in the Asian Cup semifinals, claim that Almoez Ali and Bassam Al-Rawi do not meet FIFA nationality requirements.
The Asian Football Confederation has launched an investigation into the throwing of shoes at Qatar players in the Asian Cup semifinal against UAE.
Qatar defied sandal-throwing local fans to storm into the Asian Cup final for the first time with a 4-0 win over hosts United Arab Emirates.
Australia's Asian Cup defence ended after a 1-0 loss to hosts the United Arab Emirates, while Qatar also shocked heavyweight South Korea.
Kim Jin-su's header took South Korea past stubborn Bahrain and Qatar wrestled their way past Iraq as the victors move to the quarterfinals.
The longtime right-hand man of Jose Mourinho has taken up his first senior managerial job at a club in Qatar.
TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qatar | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +10 | 13 |
Oman | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +7 | 12 |
Afghanistan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 4 |
India | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
Bangladesh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 1 |