Qatar suffered a 3-0 defeat against Australia in a friendly international at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Al Duhail.
Al Annabi’s struggles under head coach Julen Lopetegui continued as a disastrous first-half performance left the Socceroos firmly in control.
Australia took the lead inside five minutes after a costly error from Qatar goalkeeper Hussein Abunada, whose misplaced pass went straight to Riley McGree. The midfielder took full advantage, slotting home from just inside the box.
The Socceroos doubled their lead in the 32nd minute when Connor Metcalfe picked out an unmarked Tete Yengi in the box. The striker had time to control the ball before calmly finishing past Abunada.
Qatar’s miserable first half got worse eight minutes later when Almoez Ali was dispossessed by Metcalfe on the edge of his own box. The ball broke to Nestor Irankunda, who drove a low shot into the bottom-right corner to make it 3-0.
Qatar
Mahmud Abunada
Ayoub Al Oui
Tarek Salman 62′
Boualem Khoukhi
Bassam Al Rawi 62′
Issa Laye
Niall Mason 63′
Sultan Al Brake
Jassem Gaber 62′
Ahmed Fathi
Homam Elamin 46′
Assim Madibo
Mohamed Al Mannai 72′
Karim Boudiaf
Ahmed Alaaeldin 62′
Almoez Ali
Edmílson Junior 62′
Hassan Al Haydos
Yusuf Abdurisag 46′
Akram Afif
Abdulaziz Hatem 72′
Australia
Patrick Beach
Jacob Italiano
Samuel Klein 65′
Alessandro Circati
Gianni Stensness 65′
Harry Souttar
Lucas Herrington
Diesel Herrington 81′
Aziz Behich
Kasey Bos 77′
Riley McGree
Eli Adams 65′
Connor Metcalfe
Paul Okon-Engstler
Jason Geria 65′
Nestory Irankunda
Marcus Younis 65′
Tete Yengi
Kusini Yengi 46′