Palestine have a historic opportunity to qualify for the Round of 16 for the first time in their history. The Fedayeen have a point of tie with Syria, a loss against Australia and need to beat Jordan in the third round of Group A of the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers. Final.
It is certain that Jordan will play their game against their Palestinian counterpart in the second row, after Al-Nashami took the lead in the group by winning the first two rounds on Australia and Syria. Belgian coach Vital Burklemanns preferred not to discuss in detail the expected changes to the squad against Palestine, but the training showed that the Belgian coach was willing to give a number of reserve players a chance to participate.
The team held the training session yesterday at Al-Jazira Club Stadium with all the players except Yousif Al-Rawashdeh and Salem Al-Ajali who stayed in the hotel and underwent the special medical treatment program. The atmosphere was comfortable in the training session amid high morale. The training focuses on the physical and technical aspects, so as to ensure full readiness for the team before tomorrow's meeting.
The Jordanian team lacks the services of Youssef Al-Rawashdeh and Salem Al Ajalain due to injury and the suspension of the Flying Wing Moussa Al-Tamari, after receiving the second warning in the last meeting against Syria, which ended with the victory of the Jordanian team with two goals without a reply.
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The players missed the training of the Jordanian team to the injury, namely: Yousef Al-Rawashdeh, Salem Al-Ajalin and Musa Al-Tamari.