Akram Afif

For Qatar, shockingly, they stuck with Lopetegui as manager, who I don't think Lopetegui is necessarily a bad manager, but I think what he's done with Qatar is not impressive.

And I think the main crime is that he has murdered Akram Afif's production with the national team.

And we're talking about the best national team performer on the Asian continent for seven years.

And the fact that Lopetegui shows up and Akram Afif suddenly can't do anything and we're having to rely on Edmilson to score the goals and Alamos Ali doesn't play as much, it's puzzling to me.

I think Qatar will be tough, but I think we've seen time and time again when these guys are at home is when they are at their best.

Playing away in Saudi Arabia, I don't know how hostile it's going to be necessarily.

Qatar versus Bahrain next up.

This is usually a brutally boring game.