"Because of that suspension, we don't have many good young players and fans have become more interested in the domestic league than the national team," Abdullah Al-Mutairi, who coached Kuwait Premier League club Al-Jahra last season, told DW. "It would really help football in Kuwait to qualify (for the World Cup) as there have been many problems."
Kuwait is one of 18 Asian teams in the third round that are divided into three groups of six. First and second will qualify automatically with the third- and fourth-placed teams going into a fourth round to compete for the other two spots.
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