Qatar National Football First Team arrived yesterday early morning to Austin, capital of Texas, east of Phoenix, to play the semi-final match of the Gold Cup against the US team at FC Austin, on Friday at 2:30, Mecca Time. 
Al-Annabi’s third stop in the United States of America is Austin , after the team started its championship march in the same state, but in Houston, the largest city in Texas, where he played three matches in the group stage at the “BBVA” stadium, then Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, which was the second stop.
Al Annabi’s national team qualified for the semi-finals on Saturday following a win over El Salvador 3-2 in their encounter that was held at the State Farm Stadium.
It is expected that Al Annabi will undergo its first training session in Austin today to prepare for the US national team match, which will also be difficult. Despite the exhausting schedule of continuous matches for our team in the tournament, as confirmed by Felix Sanchez and the players, there is a great determination among Al- Annabi stars to continue the journey and reach Las Vegas.
The fourth and final encounter in the tournament will be in texas city that will host the final match in the event that Al- Annabi beats the American team.
The technical staff of our national team, led by Felix Sanchez, gave the players a two-day rest after the exciting match against El Salvador in the quarter-finals, and there is no doubt that it is a task that the players need to take a breath to start preparing for the semi-final match with strength, which is no less difficult than facing El Salvador and may be more difficult because the opponent is the inhabitants  of the land, where it is expected that Sanchez will focus on the psychological status after players continue their journey in the Gold Cup successfully, since the US team wants to take advantage of holding the tournament at home in this edition for the second time in a row, in which he seeks to compensate Losing the 2019 title against Mexico in the final that was held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Felix Sanchez will try to solve some of the mistakes that occurred during El Salvador match, which the team managed to score two goals at a time when Annabi was ahead in the result with two clean goals. This point was confirmed by the coach, even if he also spoke about the effect of fatigue due to playing a match every three days, which makes it difficult for the players to complete the match. The same as they presented at the beginning of the match, and despite that, they achieved great results since the first round.
With the arrival in Austin, Al-Annabi has returned to Texas, although this time to its capital and not to the city of Houston, but the imprint they left in the group stage in this state is another incentive for them, by leading the fourth group, which the CONCACAF newspapers widely considered the 'Group of Death' because the conflict It was postponed to the last round unlike the rest of the groups.
Qatar National Football First Team began its guest debut in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Houston's Group D on Tuesday, with a 3-3 draw against Panama. Al-Annabi quickly corrected its mistakes and the coach addressed them in the Grenada match, which he won 4-0. The decision would then be against the Honduran Al Annabi looks high ambitions in the tournament after as our team becomes very close and ultimate success in reaching the final in Las Vegas.