Hosts Qatar beat Brazil 2-1 to clinch series

Hosts Qatar defeated Brazil 2-1 to register their third successive win and took an inaccessible 3-0 lead in the five match series here at the Al Rayyan Stadium yesterday. Nor Hafiq provided the hosts with the lead in the 16th minute through a penalty corner. However, the visitors also drew level through penalty corner in the 31st minute to go into the breather tied 1-goal apiece. Qatar then sealed the victory to claim the series from their second penalty corner of the match in the 50th minute. This time Sheraz Ali completing the formalities with a measured hit. The fourth match of the remaining dead rubber starts today at 4.30 pm. “Extremely pleased with the victory and now that we have sealed the series we can try out new things. I will try and give the junior players more time. Try out few different combinations.“This series have been a great learning curve for the boys and we would like to build on it. We will be planning similar series before the World Hockey League scheduled towards the end of this year. Trying to workout a series with Singapore,” said an elated Qatar coach Shaiful Azli.