A strong start yesterday in the International Cup – Qatar Airways Football Championship in its tenth edition until February 22nd on the stadiums of Aspire Academy with the participation of 8 teams.
The launch was attended by His Excellency Jassim bin Rashid Al -Buainain, President of the Qatar Football Association, and Issa bin Abdullah Al -Hutami, Director General of Al -Kass channels and many personalities.
The German star, Julian Draxler, Al -Ahly player, gave the beginning of the opening match between the Aspire Academy and Moroccan Academy on the 5th stadium.
The Aspire Academy team started the competition for the championship with a wide victory over its Moroccan counterpart 4-1 for the first group. In the second match, the Rangers team surpassed the American Seat with two clean goals.
Today, the competitions of the first round of the second group are continuing, where the French team Paris Saint -Germain faces its Spain’s counterpart, Real Madrid, at three thirty in the afternoon. Within the same group, the confrontation of the Egyptian Al -Ahly gathering is held in front of its Japanese counterpart, Kashio Risol
Issa Al -Hattami: The tournament is of great importance
Issa bin Abdullah Al -Hattami, General Manager of Al -Kass channels, confirmed that the tournament returns strongly after a period of stopping for five years, and this is the tenth edition, and the championship is of great importance to us in this age group, which was a mine to discover future talents, so many of the world’s stars They participated in the championship before, and this is the biggest evidence of the great success and the wonderful reputation that the International Cup has.
He added, “The tournament is an opportunity to contact various football schools and achieve the greatest possible benefit, and the tournament is its return in time before the Junior World Cup, which is hosted by Doha for the next five years.”
Khaled Al -Saqat: A useful championship for the players
Moroccan Khaled Al -Saqat, coach of the Mohamed VI Academy team, confirmed his satisfaction with the first appearance of his team in the first match of the International Cup. He said during the press conference: This is the second participation of the academy team after the 2020 edition, and just in an international championship of this size is useful for all players to open up to different European, Asian and African schools as well.
Alvaro Mikia: Happy to win
Spain’s Alvaro Michaya, the Aspire Academy team coach, expressed the strong start in the championship and achieve a wide victory at the expense of the Mohamed VI Academy in four. Michaya said: The beginning of the match was difficult, after one of our players was expelled first, but we were able to organize our ranks. We emphasized our merit and our right to victory, as the beginning is very promising.
Lori: An important victory at the beginning of the journey
The Scottish coach, Laurie Eli, said: Initially, I thank the organizing committee for the wonderful hosting and organization, and I am very happy with the wonderful start in the tournament and an important victory and said: One of the technical staff members watched the match and gave me a good impression of the level of the two teams and performance.
Ethan O’Neill: We did not take advantage of the opportunities
The American coach, Ethan O’Neil, confirmed that his team has provided a good level and I am not concerned about the team’s future despite the loss of the team.
He said: We started the meeting very well and there were many opportunities that we had to score, but we did not take advantage of them well, while the Rangers team managed to score two goals and took advantage of some of our mistakes in a distinctive way.