The first national team will open its official career in the joint Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, with a forthcoming meeting with its Malaysian counterpart, "Malaya Tigers", at 4:45 pm UAE time in the Malaysian capital of Bukit Jalil Stadium With a capacity of 100,000 spectators, the sports street will be geared towards the Malaysian capital, surrounded by greater aspirations, with the aim of whipping the White to the rest of his career to achieve the dream and qualify for the World Cup.
Al-Abyad plays today with great confidence and desire to come out with the full mark, in light of the intensive preparations made by Al-Abyad, starting from the Bahrain gathering in late August, and having two friendly experiences, and ending with the camp of Malaysia, which lasted for almost a week, during which the players are accustomed to the weather and atmosphere in Malaysia. All players are at the top of the technical, physical and psychological readiness to open the difficult journey.
In the last days before today's meeting, the coaching staff succeeded in reaching a common language of understanding that brings them together, especially in terms of memorizing their technical assignments. The Dutchman Marvik has accustomed the players to the most appropriate playing method, thus adopting the best combination on the pitch by mixing. Between the 4-2-3-1 and the traditional 4-4-2, taking into account the roles that players coming from behind, across the limbs or from the depth of the stadium will play.
In his speech to the players on the sidelines of the basic training, on the sidelines of the training session yesterday, in addition to the latest training, the coaching staff stressed the need to adhere to the technical moves when owning or missing the ball, where he explained Marvik's dependence on both ends of the stadium, by giving him the players strict mandates to move forward, In order to put high pressure on the Malaysian defense in order to confuse him, as well as instructions to the central players need to face the expected Malaysian attacks and seek to corrupt them, and prevent the elements of the «Malay Tigers» from posing a threat to the goal of Khalid Issa expected to guard the den of the team in today's meeting.
It is also expected that some of the new names that entered the list of white during the game, especially Ali Saleh and Zaid Al-Amri, in addition to Majid Sorour, and the team is designed to confuse the accounts of the opposing team, which seemed not to absorb the big changes that occurred to the national team, compared to the squad that played the official matches in Previous periods.
The recent training of the team focused on the shots from outside the region, in addition to the use of Ali Mabkhout to disturb the defenses of the opposing team, and give the opportunity to parties and arrivals from the depth to form the required numerical increase in front of the opponent's goal, in order to score an early goal relaxes the nerves and contributes to absorb the enthusiasm expected mass, and facilitates the task White in the rest of the game.
The technical meeting of the match was held yesterday morning at the meeting room at Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. The match was attended by the match's observer, Zhang Hwangwang, the referee's resident Liu Tejun, the elected officials, and representatives of the concerned parties. The media officer, Hassan Fahd, head of the national team support team, as well as the team of Japanese referees in charge of the match, led by Hiroyuki Kimura (referee of the arena), Oshi Shinji (first assistant), Nisha Hashi (second assistant), and Togo Mineiro (fourth referee).
During the meeting, the colors of the jerseys of the two teams were adopted.
Ismail Rashid: Today's game is the hardest in qualifying
The national team manager, Ismail Rashed, described today's meeting as the most difficult in Al-Abyad's march.``This is the most difficult match for us, as it is the first official confrontation, and it represents for us the first three points in the team's journey, '' he said. The preparatory period, and the great efforts made by the technical and administrative bodies, to achieve a positive result ».
As for the team's stage of homogeneity and readiness, after two weeks of preparations, he said: “It is difficult to judge the team except through the official games, but we see a great commitment for the players, and everyone understands that the responsibility is now greater, and every player seeks to appear distinctly ».
Rashid praised the performance of the new faces, who joined the squad, and confirmed that they appeared at very promising levels.
Marvik: White is ready for a new start and our goal is to win
The coach of the national team, the Dutch national Van Marwijk, praised the preparatory atmosphere that preceded the preparations to face the Malaysian team, and seemed confident Marvik players abilities, aware that the UAE sports street is waiting for the first appearance of the national team under his technical leadership towards the realization of the dream of reaching the World Cup, which he stressed, on the sidelines The press conference held yesterday at Bukit Jalil Stadium.
He said: "The game will not be easy, but I find great enthusiasm from all players, I love the team's performance in training and a high fighting spirit, a desire to appear differently, where we will definitely win."
Regarding the newness of his reign with the players and the team, he said: «So far we have three camps, and given the opportunity to a large number of players, the camp Austria was just to get acquainted with the abilities of the players, and in the camp of Bahrain gave everyone enough opportunity, and now has been settled on the elements that will play the game, and we are working Together, two weeks ago, we had two friendly experiences.In general, I love working with these players, and I see great enthusiasm and seriousness and discipline from everyone, because everyone bears responsibility, and understands that the task is not easy, and the journey is long and requires patience, sacrifices and a desire to achieve the aspirations of the sports audience. ''
"I am very happy with what I see from the players during the training, so I think that getting into a rally with the UAE for two weeks, before facing Malaysia, is long enough to prepare for that match, and we have great confidence in ourselves and the abilities of all the players."
«Amuri»: I am at the disposal of Marvik
He described the national team player, Omar Abdulrahman (Amuri), the atmosphere of preparation for the confrontation of Malaysia with seriousness that benefited all elements of the team, and praised the relationship between the players and members of the technical staff, pointing out that the national team is one family in every sense of the word, said: «We have learned "From the past, our goal now is to win every game, and we will enter the qualifying campaign with more confidence and experience in dealing with each of the stations."
Regarding the understanding of the coaching staff, he said: «Marvik is a truly outstanding coach, and the relationship between the players and the coach is great and there is a great understanding between us, and everyone is at the top of the commitment inside and outside the stadium. Any point and we will not enter any game except motivated to win ».
"All the players are interested in preparing for the first official appearance of the team, we take responsibility, and we ask the masses to continue to support and support, because we are entering a new journey and a new beginning and we have a new dream as well, and this will only happen with the support of the national team and the confidence of the players and the technical and administrative staff, because we work very seriously. To make our audience happy. ”
Regarding his readiness to return to the starting line-up, he said: “I am ready and in the best case, I participated in a large part of the last friendly match in the camp of Bahrain, now I am ready to participate and under the command of the coaching staff, and I hope to succeed in returning as I wish my teammates success, The starting line-up or not, everyone will fight on the pitch to look for three points, and the start of the qualifying campaign with a victory that drives the team to provide the best ».