{"id":126189,"date":"2024-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=1dfe778d36d744bbc8fd9af173a30327"},"modified":"2024-01-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T00:00:00","slug":"lebanese-national-football-team-prepares-for-afc-asian-cup-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/lebanese-national-football-team-prepares-for-afc-asian-cup-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"LEBANESE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PREPARES FOR AFC ASIAN CUP KICKOFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><br \/>\n The national Lebanese football team is gearing up for a strong presence at the upcoming AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Qatar until February 10th.<\/p>\n<p>The team is set to kick off its campaign in the tournament tomorrow at 6:00 pm Beirut time, facing the host nation and defending champions of the 2019 edition in the UAE, at the iconic Lusail Stadium. This marks Lebanon&#8217;s second time participating in the tournament&#8217;s opening match, the first being against Iran at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut during Lebanon&#8217;s hosting of the finals. Unfortunately, that inaugural encounter concluded with the Lebanese team losing 0-4.<\/p>\n<p>Source: National News Agency &#8211; Lebanon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The national Lebanese football team is gearing up for a strong presence at the upcoming AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Qatar until February 10th.<\/p>\n<p>The team is set to kick off its campaign in the tournament tomorrow at 6:00 pm Beirut time, facing the host n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1882],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LEBANESE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PREPARES FOR AFC ASIAN CUP KICKOFF - Lebanon News Gazette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/lebanese-national-football-team-prepares-for-afc-asian-cup-kickoff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LEBANESE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PREPARES FOR AFC ASIAN CUP KICKOFF - Lebanon News Gazette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The national Lebanese football team is gearing up for a strong presence at the upcoming AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Qatar until February 10th. 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