White national team star Ahmed Khalil said that Al-Abyad is required to win against Vietnam tomorrow in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi in the joint match to qualify for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, to compensate for the loss suffered against Thailand.

“The UAE started the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup well,” said Khalil, nicknamed “The Brown Gazelle”. Al-Abyad defeated Malaysia (2-1) and Indonesia (5-0), before suffering a surprise loss in Thailand (1-2). ), And in the fourth round he will be invited to make up for that by having a difficult meeting with Vietnam tomorrow. ”

Speaking in an interview with FIFA official website, Khalil spoke about his decline last season: «This happens to all players, there are periods passed by the player, but thank God at the end of last season contributed to the title of the Cup for Al-Ahli youth, and I work hard "Since the beginning of the season, to regain my level, this will come with repeated participation in competitive games."

"Our return to the Asian qualifiers will be at the end of March, and then most of the players will have reached the appropriate form," he said.

“We only played three games, we could have been at the top, but the defeat against Thailand gave us a good lesson to learn from,” Khalil said of the current qualifiers. ».

He added: «The group is difficult as most groups in this role, all the teams lost the games and lost points, but the important thing is to make up quickly and not lose more, I think that the schedule of the second stage will give us preference, we will play three games at home, and I know that our big fans will stand behind us as usual to "We are pushing towards positive results. Our goal will not only be the final round, but our eyes to qualify for the 2022 World Cup."

A terrifying triangle

Ahmad Khalil's stellar triumph has risen to form a terrifying triangle with Ali Mabkhout and Omar Abdulrahman, following the Asian Games silver medal, the Gulf Cup 2013, then the Asian Cup bronze in 2015.In the same year, he was crowned Asian Player of the Year. Russia 2018 did not carry the good news, and Khalil's only consolation was his presence at the top of the Asian qualifying scorers, scoring 16 goals in 17 games.

"In such a race, the difference is in small details," Khalil said. "We won a resounding victory over Japan in Saitama, but we missed some points in our court, which cost us a loss."

Ismail Rashid: Focus and fighting the most important weapons of the team against Vietnam

The first national football team will play its first training session at the Hanoi Dinh Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, at 5pm UAE time in the fourth round of the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup. To calculate the seventh group.

The team arrived in Hanoi, dawn yesterday, coming from Bangkok, after the White concluded his short camp, which lasted four days, during which he took a series of training sessions under the leadership of the Dutch, Van Marwijk and his assistant, with the participation of 24 players.

For his part, the head of the national team, Ismail Rashed, that the focus and fighting strongly throughout the game, are the most important weapons that should be used by the team in their match against Vietnam, stressing the need to achieve a positive result to bring the white to the heart of the competition again.

"The game is one of the most important milestones in the qualifying campaign, after the loss to Thailand in the previous match caused the team to drop to third place in the group. We hope to return the three points and move back to the top of the group."

Ismail Rashid renewed his confidence in all the players chosen by the coaching staff, noting that the coach, Marvik, was keen to follow all the elements during their participation with clubs in the Arabian Gulf League, and announced his final list based on accurate criteria, and according to the readiness of each player and the need of the team To his efforts.

White performs his basic flexibility, today, at the stadium «My Dinh».