Qatar's crucial men's football quarterfinal with Thailand has been put back to 19:00 on Saturday 9 December - that's a change from the original time of 16:00.
.preview.jpg "Kicking off later: Wesam Rizik Abdulmajid (front) and Ali Nasser Saleh of Qatar")
This means Uzbekistan v Iraq will now be played at 16:00 at the Al Gharrafa Football Stadium with the Qatar v Thailand match following.
The move means Qatar's match will be screened across the Middle East in a prime time television spot and, perhaps more importantly, more people will be able to get to the stadium to cheer on the men in maroon.
Qatar may need the help. Thailand finished top of group C after winning all their matches against Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine without conceding a single goal.
Host Qatar qualified in second place from group A behind Uzbekistan - the only team to beat them so far.
The other two quarterfinals taking place at Al-Rayyan Stadium go ahead as scheduled with China doing battle with IR Iran at 16:00 and Korea against DPR Korea kicking-off at 19:00.
By 15th Asian Games, Doha 2006
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