“If Qatar can pull it off, it could be the biggest moment in the country’s football history.”

Ganesh Neelakantan, a reporter for local sports publication Doha Stadium Plus, in an AFP article about tomorrow’s draw for the Russia World Cup 2018 third round qualifiers. Competing in the tournament on merit before automatically being allowed to play as hosts in 2022 would help address criticism that Qatar has no football culture, the newswire said.