The Qatari national team suffered its opening defeat in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, falling 2-1 to Haiti, while Mexico beat Honduras 4-0. US through July 16.

The Asian champions will participate for the second time in a row after the last edition in 2021, after renewing the invitation received from the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF).

Al-Annabi (ranked 61 in the world) was a Yemeni player who claimed his first official win under Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz, but Haiti managed to snatch the win in stoppage time.

Queiroz relied on a new team against Haiti, not including the scorer of Al-Moyes Ali, without calling up the most important elements of the national team, such as Hassan Al-Haidos, Akram Afif and Kogi Boulem. Four goals in the last edition, and the pivot, Asim Madibo, after he decided to sit on the bench.

In Houston, the two teams exchanged scintillating attacks early in the first half, with Youssef Abdel Razak capitalizing on a miscalculation by Haitian goalkeeper Alexandre Pierre to catch the ball before opening the scoring for Qatar. In the left corner (20). Hammam Al-Amin almost doubled the score, but his left-footed missile hit the crossbar (35), so Haiti launched a pressing attack that resulted in Jamaican referee Danian Parchment awarding a penalty kick, after a touch on Tariq Salman, and the national team’s top scorer Dagens Nazon. , goalkeeper Mishal Barshimin (+1) translated to the left (+1).

In the second half, as the match was taking its final breath, substitute Carnegie Antoine slipped into the area and headed home a cross that Franz Pierrot easily found on goal (7 + 90).