Athletes criticized the continued approach of the national football team to rely on the "semi-fixed" list more than eight years ago, because of the continued inclusion of the same names of players even if they were injured, in addition to the high age rate, stressing that the team is the product of the league championship, and clubs She is primarily responsible for producing the players, but she does not, in turn, provide the distinguished players for the teams, as they say.
The national team’s preliminary list had witnessed 36 players, including 15 over the age of 30, in addition to the inclusion of a number of players returning from injury and absent from their teams for a while, which means that there are no players able to compensate for this absence.
They told «Emirates Today»: «The problem of the national team’s list and the continued inclusion of the players themselves is due to many reasons, including the lack of talents and the absence of the role of technical committees in the federation that choose and monitor the players, and their lack of production by clubs and the care of talents, in addition to trying to satisfy the sports street by including players They may not be at their artistic levels, but rather to please the audience. ”
The team is preparing to complete the World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup qualifications 2023, scheduled for October and November, as it ranks fourth in Group Seven with six points, behind Vietnam (11 points), Malaysia (9 points), Thailand (8 points).
"Super Market"
For his part, former media coordinator at Al Wasl Club, Adel Darwish, confirmed that the choices of the squad list take at times the principle of "supermarket", meaning the selection of players in line with the tendencies of the sports street, and he said: "The continuation of some names for a very long time with age and lack of Providing an alternative player, the responsibility of the Federation and the National Teams Committee, in addition to not relying on the language of numbers and statistics to determine the levels of players accurately, for example Khaled Al-Sanani, his goal keeper, is very distinguished in the last canceled season, and summoning some players who are interrupted for very long periods, which gives an indication of The team is the place of qualification and preparation of players, and this is a mistake, as the qualification and preparation after injury is replaced by the club, not the team, and sometimes we see the choice takes the principle of (the supermarket), in the sense of what people and the street demand.
He added, “The issue of selecting the national team’s players is an eternal and chronic problem, and I believe that the clubs bear 70% of the poor state of the national teams, especially the first national football team. Are there special technical committees within the federation that monitor and monitor the levels of players in local competitions? Sometimes I see that the mechanism of preparing the lists still depends on very primitive and traditional methods so that a matter is assigned to one of the technical assistants who continue to work and follow the league, while the technical work must be linked to the presence of permanent and continuous committees whose task is to engineer the technical work of the teams and find out the levels of our league players, and to monitor faults, movements and capabilities »League players and teams of international players, and the preparation of continuous periodic reports».
Lack of talents and compliments
In turn, Al-Ain player and former national team Salem Salem Gohar stressed that the continued dependence on the players themselves in the team is due to lack of talent.
He said: «A player like Ali Salmin is returning from a long injury, how do I join him to the national team? Is it guaranteed to be at the same level? You have prohibited another player who might benefit the team more during this period, for example Ismail Matar, who offers distinguished levels or Abdullah Al-Naqbi, and Habib Al-Fardan, all of these players have emerged in the last period and the result was the inclusion of players who were injured or absent from their technical level, such as Ismail Al-Hammadi "The great player, but he is far from his known level, and here comes the problem of compliments."
A second team
As for the Asian lecturer and former Al-Ain goalkeeper Zakaria Ahmed, he demanded the formation of a second team from the first division and the distinguished players who were not included in the first team, and are gathered in the same team period, and he said: “More than 20 years ago we did not see a player from the second division In the national team, and that is why I hope to establish a second national team that will be fully led by Emirati art to prepare it for the future. This team may be a support for the first team, and the principle of specialization in technical equipment must be carried out, and that there will be accredited courses and certificates for scouts to choose and qualify the second and third generations ».
He said: «If we talk about goalkeeping, we will find that the average age of the national team’s guards is 30 years and more.
Problems in the national team list
■ The players themselves continue to be included.
■ Lack of talent and the absence of the role of technical committees in the federation that choose and monitor players.
Non-production of players by clubs and care for talents.
■ Trying to please the sports street by including players who may not be up to their levels.
Names fixed for years
Khaled Issa.
■ Ali Khasif.
■ Abdulaziz Heikal.
■ Muhammad Ahmad.
■ Walid Abbas.
■ Ismail Ahmed.
■ Majed Hassan.
■ Khamis Ismail.
■ Ismail Al Hammadi.
Omar Omar.
■ Muhammad Abdul Rahman.
■ Ali Mabkhout.
■ Ahmed Khalil.
Players returning from injury
■ Ismail Ahmed.
■ Ali Salmin.
■ Majed Hassan.
■ Khamis Ismail.
Substituted and absent in recent rounds
■ Mahmoud Khamis.
■ Ismail Al Hammadi.