Gearing up for third round of World Cup qualifiers
Qatar’s newly appointed coach Brazilian Sebastiao Lazoroni (C) talks to players during a team training session at the Al Sadd stadium on Wednesday night. The former Brazil national team coach, who replaced Serbian Miloslav Rajevac last Monday, has the task of steering Qatar through FIFA World Cup qualifying. Qatar will play a friendly with Iraq today in preparation for the third round of the Asian World Cup qualifiers, starting next month. Qatar will begin their campaign away against Group E rivals Bahrain on September 2. Iran and Indonesia are other teams in the group. PICTURE: Shaji