Theyab Awana did a lot to raise the profile of UAE football, and his stock, when he scored an outrageous penalty against Lebanon, but will it give the Lebanese an extra incentive to exact revenge against under pressure Srecko Katanec's team in their World Cup qualifier? The match, on July 17 in Al Ain, . The penalty has already totalled up 1.1 million views on this video alone, with many more duplicates dotted around YouTube. As <i>The National's</i> Paul Oberjuerge, writing from Beirut ahead of tonight's game points out, that the to try to make his job of steering the UAE back on course in their . He certainly cannot be any more critical towards his charges following their 3-2 defeat to Kuwait on Friday. The 48-year-old Slovenian certainly did the right thing at the time and quickly took Awana out of the game once he scored that penalty and apologised, but the talking point remains and it seems the Lebanese coach Theo Bucker does not have a short memory, or is one to refrain from putting more pressure on his opposite number. The UAE are, at least, the heavy favourites going into tonight's match and Katanec should be safe for another day, . While his popularity with players might be at its lowest ebb, from the UAEFA president Mohammed Khalfan Al Rumaithi. But as : "Something less than victory here for the UAE tonight could all but end the country's 2014 World Cup bid, and that could be the nudge that sends Katanec over the edge."