FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Gulf Cup - Group A - Qatar v United Arab Emirates - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - December 2, 2019 Qatar's Akram Afif celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari/File Photo
HONG KONG (Reuters) - World Cup winner Xavi Hernandez expects big things from newly crowned Asian Player of the Year Akram Afif after the Qatari striker was named the continent's leading player by the Asian Football Confederation on Monday.
Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi, a four-times UEFA Champions League winner as well as a 2010 world champion with Spain, works daily with 23-year-old Afif after making the long-awaited start to his coaching career in the summer with Qatar's Al Sadd club.
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