The Qatar Football Association (QFA) appointed Felix Sanchez as the national team’s new interim coach and also accepted the resignation of Uruguayan Jorge Fossati, who stepped down after Qatar’s 3-2 win over South Korea in Doha last month, reported Doha Stadium Plus.

“Felix Sanchez will succeed Fossati as the national team coach for the last two matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A qualifiers,” said QFA President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani.

Felix, who is currently training the Olympic side, will guide the Annabis against Syria and China on August 31 and September 5 respectively.

The QFA also confirmed this in a tweet on social media.

قرر المكتب التنفيذي للاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم رسميا اليوم تعيين المدرب الإسباني فيليكس سانشيز لقيادة المنتخب القطري الأول pic.twitter.com/iy6Y9HjP7x

— Qatar Football (@QFA) July 3, 2017

Fossati, who helped Al Rayyan win the Qatar Stars League in 2015-16 season, was appointed the national team after compatriot Daniel Carreno was sacked following the defeats against Iran in Tehran and Uzbekistan in Doha in the qualifiers.

Iran qualified from the group as toppers with 20 points while South Korea (13), Uzbekistan (12) and Syria (nine) will battle out for the second slot.

Qatar have seven points from eight matches and will need to win their last two games, but also hope Uzbekistan lose theirs to reach the play-offs for next year’s competition.

China are at the bottom with six points.