The national football team held its final training session yesterday evening at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain in preparation for the strong confrontation that will be held this evening with his Thai counterpart in the final round of the Group Stage for the first group of the Asian Cup 2019, In order to get the ticket to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament, and saw a lot of focus on the overall attack by more than one player, a method that is expected to play the national team.
The training session was characterized by an enthusiastic atmosphere on the part of the players, who chanted during their response to the training session which lasted about an hour and a half, focusing on the Italian coach, Alberto Zaccheroni, on the tactical side in the control of the ball and the implementation of tactical sentences that may follow throughout the meeting .
The training session began with a mini-meeting, involving all the staff in the middle of the stadium, lasted about seven minutes, the main spokesman was coach Alberto Zaccheroni, before the start of the entry of players on the pitch in batches, while Almaran exercises control of the ball in the middle of the stadium before Move to perform tactical exercises, and execute tactical sentences.
The guards' coach, Maurizio Gaudio, trio Khaled Issa, Ali Khazeef and Mohammed Al Shamsi, underwent intensive training, while the focus was on goalkeeper Khalid Issa, who is the most ready to participate in the match, in addition to the levels he gave in the previous two games, Club World Cup finally.
The team's defender, Ismail Ahmed, took part in the game, wearing a "protective helmet", which may appear in the meeting today so as not to aggravate the injury sustained in the head, after suffering a cut injury in the last game against India, and required treatment «seven stitches» , And the coach had given him a break in the past few days.
The attacking midfielder, Saif Rashed, continued to carry out his own recovery program, which deprived Al-White of his efforts in the last round of the match against India. Zacrooney hopes the player will recover in order to benefit from his services. The second round of the tournament.
At the same time, the team will have to win or draw at least to secure a place in the semi-finals, without considering the outcome of the second match, which has a single point, and a challenge of the heavyweight against his Indian counterpart Second, he has three points.
For his part, described the national team player, Hassan Saleh, meeting Thailand in the face of the task, stressing the importance of winning, and harvested the points to maintain the top of the ranking, and pointed out in press statements that the meeting will not be easy, because the opponent also has the chances to qualify to the stage And will be keen to play hard to hijack the transit card, which will make the game more difficult, and makes our team required extra effort to ensure excellence.
The player assured the fans of the preparations for the game, stressing that the preparation was good and that all players were seeking the public's aspirations, and scored a new achievement for the UAE football and realized the importance of winning this match and continue the journey to the podium. What they have in order to delight the fans of the UAE football.
The training session began with a mini-meeting in the center of the stadium lasting about 7 minutes.