Qatar 0-1 Colombia – Match Highlights

Match quotes

Qatar coach Felix Sanchez:
My players performed at a high level; they tried hard and were up against a powerful team, one of the strongest at the event. We will analyse our strengths and weaknesses. We have [at least] two more games still to go and we will try to show the best of our abilities. We know that this is a great tournament with some very strong opponents, but with the attitude we displayed today, I’m sure we’ll come away with something. We’re not going to give in.

Colombia coach Carlos Restrepo:
We showed clearer thinking in the first half. In the second half Qatar reacted and we lost control of possession, so we were unable to threaten their box much. I’m very pleased because it was our opening game of the tournament and at times the team displayed a lot of personality in their play up against a very strong defensive unit. We have to be more consistent, though

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Match report

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Group matches

Qatar – Colombia

0:1 (0:1)

Date	Venue / Stadium	Time	Attendance
31 May 2015	Hamilton/Waikato Stadium	13:00	7461

Match Officials

Referee CONGER Matt (NZL)	Assistant Referee 1 MAKASINI Tevita (TGA)
Assistant Referee 2 LOUNT Simon (NZL)	Fourth Official VAD Istvan (HUN)

Goals scored

Joao RODRIGUEZ (COL) 24′

QATAR	COLOMBIA
Line-ups	Line-ups
1 Y. HASSAN (GK)	1 A. MONTERO (GK)
3 F. SHANIN (-85′)	3 JEISON A.
5 S. ABDOU	5 J. QUINTERO (C)
6 S. ALHAJRI	6 A. TELLO
7 J. ALJALABI (-61′)	8 A. ZAPATA (-79′)
8 MOEIN (C)	9 JOAO R. (-65′)
10 AFIF	11 S. LUCUMI
12 J. MOHAMMED	13 D. SANCHEZ
14 A. ALSADI	15 J. AYALA (-74′)
18 A. MADIBO (-70′)	19 V. GUTIERREZ
19 MOEZ	20 SANTOS B.

Substitutes	Substitutes
13 M. ALBAKARI (GK)	12 L. VASQUEZ (GK)
21 Y. NAIM (GK)	21 Y. CHAVEZ (GK)
2 T. ALMUHAZA	2 A. HERNANDEZ
4 ABDULLA (+61′)	4 D. LONDONO
9 BRAHMI	7 D. QUINONES
11 ALKUWARI (+70′)	10 S. VILLAREAL (+74′)
15 S. ALBRAKE (+85′)	14 R. QUINONES
16 A. ANAD	16 J. BARRERA (+65′)
17 B. HISHAM	17 J. OTERO (+79′)
20 TAREK	18 C. IBARGUEN

Coach	Coach
SANCHEZ Felix (ESP)	RESTREPO Carlos Alberto (COL)

Cautions

AHMAD MOEIN (QAT) 22′ , ASSIM MADIBO (QAT) 30′ , Davinson SANCHEZ (COL) 46′ , AKRAM AFIF (QAT) 61′ , SERIGNE ABDOU (QAT) 67′

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
2Y:	Misses next match if booked	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent