DOHA: Qatar confirmed on Saturday that Jorge Fossati is the new national team coach, tasked with trying to revive the country’s fading hopes of making its first ever World Cup finals in Russia in 2018.

The appointment was confirmed in a message posted on Twitter by the Qatar Football Association, which read simply: “Mr Jorge Fossati is back officially to be the head coach of our national team.”

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