Have the UAE missed a golden chance of World Cup return?

DUBAI: A dream delayed or never destined to materialize? Such thoughts are flooding through disconsolate UAE minds after Tuesday night’s 2-1 World Cup qualifying defeat at Qatar’s charged Jassim bin Hamad Stadium. The foremost concern is how to psychologically manage a further series of exacting playoffs — beginning with next month’s doubleheader with Iraq. And, if they advance, concluding with March’s intercontinental dates. This week, a return to the globe’s biggest sporting stage for the first time since 1990 was just one game away.

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