Spaniard Julen Lopetegui, coach of Qatar, announced on Monday a squad of 28 players to face Australia and South Korea in a friendly match this November.
The squad included 4 goalkeepers: Salah Zakaria, Mahmoud Abu Nada, Mishal Barshim, and Shihab Al-Laithi.
The list also included players Ibrahim Al-Hassan, Ahmed Al-Janhi, Ahmed Alaa, Ahmed Fathi, Edmilson Jr., Akram Afif, Al-Moez Ali, Ayoub Mohamed, Bassam Al-Rawi, Boualem Khoukhi, Youssef Ayman, Jassem Jaber, Hassan Al-Haydos, Sultan Al-Breik, Tariq Salman, Assem Madbou, Abdel Aziz Hatem, Issa Lay, Karim Boudiaf, Mohamed Manai, Niall Maysoon, Hashem. Ali, Hammam Al-Amin, Youssef Abdel Razzaq.
The matches between Australia and South Korea are part of Al-Anabi’s upcoming schedule, as the first friendly match will be against Australia on November 13, while it will meet South Korea on the 17th of the same month.
The union of male and female football players (FIFPro) has announced the men's world squad for 2026.
The formation of the year witnessed the presence of the Argentine star Lionel Messi, who reached the final of the 2026 World Cup in America, Mexico and Canada, and it also witnessed the presence of the young star Lamine Yamal, the Barcelona player and winner of the Best Young Player Award at the Ballon d’Or Awards ceremony late last October.
In addition to Yamal, the formation included the presence of three other Spanish players with whom he won the World Cup title: goalkeeper David Raya, who shone with English club Arsenal, winning the league title and reaching the Champions League final, in addition to Rodri, who moved to Barcelona this season from Manchester City, and young defender Pau Kuparsi.
The formation also witnessed the presence of the Paris Saint-Germain trio, who maintained the Champions League title last season and won it for the second year in a row, namely Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, Portuguese Nuno Mendes and his compatriot Vitinha.
The Norwegian star Erling Haaland, the Manchester City striker, who competed for the title of top scorer in the last World Cup tournament, and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, who was crowned top scorer in the tournament and is also the all-time top scorer in the World Cup tournaments, emerged.
English star Jude Bellingham represented his country in the squad, as he succeeded in leading the English team to the World Cup semi-finals before losing to Argentina 1-2.
The other English star, Harry Kane, top scorer for Bayern Munich and the English national team, who won the Ballon d'Or award, was absent from the squad of the year despite leading his team to win the German League and reach the semi-finals of the European Champions League, as well as his brilliance in the 2026 World Cup and leading the English national team to third place.
The formation of FIFPro for men was as follows:
Goalkeeper: David Raya (Spain and Arsenal), Defenders: Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain) - Pau Coparsi (Spain and Barcelona) - Nuno Mendes (Portugal and Paris Saint-Germain).
In the midfield: Vitinha (Portugal and Paris Saint-Germain) - Jude Bellingham (England and Real Madrid) - Rodri (Spain and Barcelona).
In attack: Kylian Mbappe (France and Real Madrid) - Erling Haaland (Norway and Manchester City) - Lionel Messi (Argentina and Inter Miami) - Lamine Yamal (Spain and Barcelona).
Sassuolo, competing in the Italian Premier League, announced on Monday the dismissal of its coach, Alberto Aquilani, after a series of 5 defeats that left the team one point away from the relegation zone.
Aquilani lost his last match 3-0 against his host Roma, on Saturday, the team where he began his professional career.
Aquilani (42 years old), a former Liverpool and Italy player, took over as coach of Sassuolo in June, and previously played for the team in 2017.
Aquilani won twice in the first 4 league matches, but since then he has lost 6 times, and did not win in the last 7 matches.
Sassuolo is in 17th place with 8 points, one point ahead of Monza. The team has the worst defense line in the top flight, having conceded 29 goals in 11 matches.
His next match, after the international break, will be at home to Genoa on November 22.
