Katanic: Nothing has been decided yet

Slovenia coach Strijko Katanic was delighted to beat the host of the Gulf 24 version at the start of the journey.

“At the start of the game we were not good and we had a lot of pressure. But that is how football is. When more opportunities are missed, you may receive goals and that was what happened. We scored and looked for the second goal and found it in time,” he said.

He added: “At the beginning of the second half we received that goal in a difficult time and I needed to make some changes and I did. We were lucky that Qatar missed opportunities in front of the goal.”

“We played under difficult circumstances and it is known to all. We have to look forward to the future and we should be ready. We have made a good start but nothing has been resolved. We have to concentrate on the next two games.”

Katanic stressed that the Qatari team was not bad, describing their performance as strong and praised their coach Sanchez.