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VIDEO SHOWS: OMAN PLAY AGAINST QATAR IN DOHA IN GROUP A OF THE ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFYING RESENDING WITH FULL SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT  SHOWS: DOHA, QATAR (OCTOBER 8, 2025) (AFC – See restrictions OMAN V QATAR (WHITE SHIRTS) 1. QATAR FANS BEFORE MATCH 2. OMAR CAPTAIN, ALI AL-BUSAIDI (17), SHAKING HANDS WITH QATAR CAPTAIN, BOUALEM KHOUKHI (16), BEFORE KICK-OFF FIRST HALF 3. KHOUKHI'S LONG RANGE SHOT GOES NARROWLY WIDE 4. QATAR GIVE THE BALL AWAY, OMAN'S ISSAM AL SABHI'S (7) SHOT IS SAVED BY MAHMOUD ABUNADA (21) SECOND HALF 5. QATAR'S AKRAM AFIF (11) RUNS THROUGH BUT SHOOTS WIDE 6. MOHAMMED MUNTARI'S (9) SHOT IS SAVED BY OMAN GOALKEEPER IBRAHIM AL MUKHAINI (1) 7. OMAN COACH CARLOS QUEIROZ AND QATAR COACH JULEN LOPETEGUI SHAKE HANDS AT FULL-TIME 8. VARIOUS PLAYERS AT END OF MATCH STORY: Oman kept hosts Qatar at bay to earn a 0-0 draw in the countries' opening clash in Group A of the fourth round of Asia's World Cup preliminaries on Wednesday (October 8), denting both nations' hopes of automatic qualification for the 2026 finals. Qatar captain Akram Afif went closest to claiming the points for Julen Lopetegui's side at Doha's Jassim bin Hamad Stadium when he wastefully steered his shot wide 49 minutes into a tense game of few chances. The Carlos Queiroz-coached Omanis, who are looking to qualify for the World Cup for the first time, will face the United Arab Emirates on Saturday in the next game in the three-team group, with Qatar taking on the Emiratis on Tuesday. The winners of the group will qualify directly for the finals next year in the United States, Canada and Mexico while the team finishing second advances to a playoff with the runner-up from Group B, which is being played in Saudi Arabia. Qatar dominated the opening exchanges but struggled to turn that superiority into opportunities, with only midfielder Boualem Khoukhi threatening the Oman goal with a strike from distance in the 13th minute that flew wide of the target. The Omanis had been largely kept on the back foot, although Issam Al-Sabhi did fashion an opening in the 27th minute that goalkeeper Mahmud Abunada gathered and Amjad Al-Harthi steered a header over the bar late in the half. Afif should have put the hosts ahead soon after the interval when the Omanis gifted him possession in their own half, but the Asian Player of the Year uncharacteristically side-footed his shot the wrong side of the post. Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Jordan and Uzbekistan have already claimed six of Asia's eight guaranteed berths at the expanded 48-team finals, with a possible ninth spot available via an intercontinental playoff in March. (Production: Andy Ragg)

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE OF PORTUGUESE FOOTBALL HEAD COACH, SERGIO CONCEICAO, AS TAKES OVER AT SAUDI ARABIA'S AL-ITTIHAD  SHOWS: CARNAGO, ITALY (FILE – DECEMBER 31, 2024) (AC MILAN – Access all) 1. THEN AC MILAN HEAD COACH, SERGIO CONCEICAO, SPEAKING AT PRESS CONFERENCE (NOT A SOUNDBITE) ROME, ITALY (FILE – MAY 14, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 2. STILL PHOTO OF CONCEICAO DURING 1-0 COPPA ITALIA FINAL LOSS AGAINST BOLOGNA MILAN, ITALY (FILE – APRIL 23, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 3. STILL PHOTO OF CONCEICAO APPLAUDING FANS AFTER 3-0 COPPA ITALIA SEMI-FINAL WIN OVER RIVALS INTER MILAN, ITALY (FILE – APRIL 20, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 4. STILL PHOTO OF CONCEICAO REACTING DURING 1-0 LOSS AT HOME TO ATALANTA IN SERIE A PORTO, PORTUGAL (FILE – APRIL 16, 2019) (REUTERS – Access all) 5. CONCEICAO ON TRAINING PITCH AS THEN PORTO HEAD COACH 6. PLAYERS TRAINING LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY (FILE – FEBRUARY 19, 2020) (REUTERS – Access all) 7. CONCEICAO GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO PORTO PLAYERS AT TRAINING 8. CONCEICAO TALKING TO MEMBERS TO OF HIS COACHING STAFF 9. PLAYERS JOGGING/ CONCEICAO TALKING STAFF 10. VARIOUS OF CONCEICAO WATCHING OVER WARM-UPS GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (FILE – SEPTEMBER 17, 2018) (REUTERS – Access all) 11. VARIOUS OF CONCEICAO TALKING TO PLAYERS IN HUDDLE 12. CONCEICAO ON TRAINING PITCH PORTO, PORTUGAL (FILE – FEBRUARY 13, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 13. VARIOUS OF CONCEICAO AT PORTO TRAINING STORY: Saudi Pro League champions Al-Ittihad have appointed Portuguese coach Sergio Conceicao on a deal running until 2028, the club said on Wednesday (October 8), replacing Frenchman Laurent Blanc who departed last month. The announcement was made in a video posted on X, featuring Conceicao saying: "I am Sergio Conceicao, I came to make history with Al-Ittihad." Blanc’s exit came a day after Al-Ittihad's 2-0 defeat to Al-Nassr in late September, which saw the defending champions slip to third in the league standings. Assistant coach Hassan Khalifa took charge on an interim basis, supported by U21 coach Ivan Carrasco. Conceicao was dismissed by AC Milan on May 29 after a disappointing Serie A campaign that ended with the club in eighth place, missing out on European competition for the first time since 2019. He had joined Milan in December and led the team to the Italian Super Cup title in his second match in charge. (Production: Conal Quinn)

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