The first national football team held its first training session against Indonesia at Al-Maktoum Stadium in Dubai in the second round of the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup on Saturday at Zabeel Stadium in Al Wasl Club in Dubai. 22 out of 26 players, while coach Bert van Marwijk preferred to rest four players with the aim of reassuring their readiness before taking part in the rehearsals: Mohammed Al Shamsi, Walid Abbas, Khalfan Mubarak and Hassan Al Mahrami.
The players of the first team led the enthusiasm, seriousness and high morale out of their sensitivity to the importance of the next stage, which will determine the fate of the team in these qualifiers, especially as the team is looking to kidnap the card to qualify for the World Cup finals and compensate for failing to qualify for the World Cup Russia 2018 despite the high hopes that were held on this Generation of the players in the achievement of a new achievement of the UAE football, especially that the positive start of the team in these qualifiers by defeating Malaysia team 2 - goal will give players a great moral motivation and motivation to continue the same spirit during the next games Which team will be fought in the seventh group, which includes his side, and Indonesia, both Vietnam and Thailand.
The new squad included players Ali Khasif, Salem Rashid, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Khalfan Mubarak, Ali Mabkhout, Omar Abdulrahman, Mohammed Al Attas, Abdullah Ramadan, Zayed Al Ameri (Al Jazeera) Mohammed Al Shamsi, Hamdan Al Kamali, Mohammed Barghash, Khalil Al Hammadi (Al Wahda) Khaled Issa. , Mohammed Shaker, Ahmed Berman, Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) Al Hassan Saleh, Majid Sorour (Sharjah) Walid Abbas, Ahmed Khalil (Shabab Al Ahli Dubai) Jassim Yacoub, Tariq Ahmed (Al Nasr) Ali Saleh, Ali Salmeen (Al Wasl) Hassan Al Mahrami (Bani Desperate ".