Football World Cup: Qatar relying on playmaker Afif to pull the strings Qatar's foremost playmaker Akram Afif is perhaps the Football World Cup host state's highest asset and concern covered up in one. The 25-year-old striker, crowned Asia's player of the year in 2019 and further famous for setting goals rather than scoring them has become essential to the footballing success of the Gulf Arab states. Always, when he is there, he finds answers for the squad. Without him it would be a large problematic," said former Qatari forward Mohamed Mubarak al-Mohannadi. Football World Cup 2022 fans from all over the world can book Football World Cup tickets from our online platforms WorldWideTicketsandHospitality.com. Football fans can book Qatar vs Netherlands Tickets on our website at exclusively discounted prices.
During the Asia Cup tournament in 2019, which Qatar won, Afif's assists complete most of the nine recordsetting goals Almoaz Ali scored. Afif "can make things happen in a second. It's exciting. He plays off the left, likes to cut private and he can score goals," said Tim Cahill, the retired Australian striker who is director of sports at the Aspire Academy in Qatar, from which Afif graduated. The transfers that Afif sets up are so critical to Qatar's victory that if something goes awry and Afif is not on the pitch the whole thing could unravel. “When Akram does not play, the national squad is a lot fewer unsafe. Offensively, it's almost toothless and you can actually realize it in the squad's self-confidence stages," said Ahmed Hashim, editor of Qatar Football Live, a twitter channel, and a longtime observer of the match in Qatar. "Akram staying fit and at his highest stages is very, very key for Qatar. This may be the reason why the Qatar league ended its matches earlier this year and Afif, along with the other Qatar players, have been sequestered in a series of national training camps in Spain and Austria