In the third round of Group A matches, the national team faces a crucial match against Thailand in the third round of Group A matches. The match highlights the status of Al-Abyad in the group's standings after the team qualified for the Round of 16 even in the event of losing to the War Elephants.

The national team will have three chances to draw the team's lead in the playoffs, the best of which is to take first place in the list of the second group, to avoid playing in the heavyweight, while the road will be more difficult if it occupies the second and third.

With a win over Thailand, Al Ahli will secure first place to play the 16th round at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain on 21 June in front of one of the teams that will be third in Group 3, 4 and 5, with six teams: Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Vietnam, Yemen, North Korea or Lebanon.

If the national team takes second place, the final match will be played at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi on the 20th of this season, against the third group, and the candidate is from Australia, Syria or Palestine. In contrast, Al-Maktoum Stadium at Al-Nasr Club on 20 June against Jordan, which secured the lead of the second group, or play at the Rashid Stadium at Shabab Al-Ahli Club in Dubai on 22 June against the leaders of Group C and the candidate for China or South Korea.

The Italian coach, Alberto Zaccheroni, hopes to end the national team with the third round of the Asian Cup, which did not win 12 years ago, when he beat Qatar 2-0 in the 2007 edition in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, While the White lost in the 2011 edition against Iran by three goals without a response, and repeated the same position in the 2015 edition of Australia lost to Iran with a goal without a response.

The importance of the national team's first place in winning the first historic encounter between «White» with Thailand in the Asian Cup, as well as the first place for the second time in the history of the national team in the continental championship, as the team led the group only once, was In the 1996 edition hosted by the UAE.

Within the national team, for the fourth time in their history, the group went on to participate in the 10th tournament in the continental competition. The tournament was held six times, the first place once, the second place twice, the same for the third place, In three tournaments, and came in fifth place at once.

History of the confrontations of the UAE and Thailand

■ 10 games

■ The Emirates Win

■ Thailand win 2

UAE Goals

Thailand's goals

UAE team numbers as the Asian Cup Group

■ Posts

■ Match 32

■ Win 10

■ Equivalent 7

■ Loss 15

■ Goals 29

■ 44

■ Clean windows 9

■ Points 37

The results of the UAE confrontations against Thailand

■ UAE 2-1 victory (Asiad).

■ UAE win 3-0 (Asian Cup qualifiers).

UAE 1-0 win (World Cup qualifiers).

■ UAE win 2-1 (World Cup qualifiers).

■ Thailand win 3-1 (ASIAAD).

UAE 1-0 win (World Cup qualifiers).

Thailand win 3-0 (World Cup qualifiers).

■ 1-1 draw (friendly).

■ UAE win 3-1 (World Cup qualifiers).

■ 1-1 draw (World Cup qualifiers).

The chances of the team's confrontation in the round of 16

■ First place (Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Vietnam, Yemen, North Korea or Lebanon).

■ Second place (Australia, Syria or Palestine).

Third place (Jordan, China or South Korea).