🟢 Qatar's World Cup ends in disaster as hosts are knocked out after just six days
The Qatari PR offensive was never dependent on the national team’s success at the first ever
in the Middle East, but it has ended in disaster for Felix Sanchez’s side as they became the first team to be knocked out.in the opener on Sunday courtesy of Enner Valencia’s brace as they failed to engineer a single shot on target. They were unable to compete physically and that humbling could have been even greater, with another Valencia strike having been dubiously ruled out for offside after just four minutes.
Qatar can hold onto one piece of history, scoring their first World Cup goal in the 3-1 defeat to Senegal on Friday. However,1-1 draw with Ecuador in the other Group A match of the day meant Qatar were eliminated just six days after the tournament kicked off. They are just the second country to host a World Cup and not make the knockout stages, following South Africa’s group stage exit in 2010.. They are the reigning Asia Cup champions and efforts have been made to galvanise the domestic Qatar Stars League; that has not made the difference on the biggest stage of all.
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