In the early morning of March 27, Beijing time, in an international football warm-up match, the 2022 World Cup host Qatar defeated the world's 71st-ranked Bulgaria 2-1 at home, and Qatar won 5 of the last 7 games, showing a good competitive state, scoring for Qatar is the 31-year-old veteran Hokshi and Afif.
Qatar is the host of the 2022 World Cup, and in the recent stage, they have frequently warmed up with strong teams, and have participated in the Central and North American Gold Cup and the Arab Cup, with the purpose of better preparing for the World Cup. Just 27 minutes into the game, Qatar took the lead, Bozhkov was fouled inside the penalty area and Afif scored a penalty to make it 1-0! Afif, 25, who has scored 24 goals for Qatar, is the central figure in the squad.
Bulgaria equalised in the 60th minute, With Marinov sending a brilliant cross and Despodov scoring the goal, 1-1! But in the 74th minute, Afif's free-kick cross was met by 31-year-old veteran Hoxhee, who broke the net in front of the attacking goalkeeper, 2-1! Mohammad also hit a post in the 79th minute, and Qatar beat Bulgaria 2-1 at home.
Qatar won for the first time in 2022, counting the previous Arab Cup, Qatar has won five of its last seven games and is in good shape. Being able to beat the European team Bulgaria at home is undoubtedly a huge boost to Qatar's confidence and morale, Bulgaria has entered the World Cup 7 times, and in 1994 the World Cup also won the 4th place in the history of the best result, due to the gradual decline in the past 20 years, they have not been able to enter the regular world cup for 6 consecutive times.
In FIFA's national team rankings, Qatar currently ranks No. 5 in The Asian Range, behind Iran, Japan, South Korea and Australia, and the Chinese team, which currently ranks 9th in Asia, has missed the Qatar World Cup. So the question is, how many streets did Qatar, the 5th in Asia, throw out of the country? Judging from the performance of the national football team in the round of 12, we are afraid that it will be difficult to compete with the Qatari team, and the real level of Chinese football should be in the third rate in Asia.