Félix Sánchez Bas will have a great challenge with Ecuador in this Copa América 2024and as a positive aspect is that the coach you already know what it’s like to play this tournamentsince he played it in his cycle with the Qatar National Team.
This occurred in the Brazil 2019 edition, the Asian team was one of the guest countries along with Japan. Those led at that time by the Spanish came from being the brand new champions of the Asian Cup for the first time in their history, so they positioned themselves as a rival to be taken into consideration.
Qatar was installed in Group B with Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay. Their path began with a 2-2 draw against Albirroja, where Sánchez Bas’s team was 2-0 down on the scoreboard; but thanks to the goals of Almoez Ali and Rodrigo Rojas (against), they managed to secure a point, which was finally the only one they added.
Afterwards, the Qatari National Team lost 1-0 against Colombia and on the third date they could not beat Argentina, after falling 2-0 and with this they were eliminated in the first round. Although the Spanish coach did not manage to obtain any victory, until the last day he had a chance to qualify as second and best third.
It is also worth mentioning that Qatar, facing the 2022 World Cup where it was the host, participated in other tournaments and under the command of Félix Sánchez Bas it was semi-finalist of the 2021 Gold Cup and placed third in the 2021 Arab Cup.
The Spanish coach with the Ecuadorian National Team will debut this Saturday against Venezuela, in the match corresponding to date 1 of Group B of the Cup
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