Bert van Marwijk, the Dutch football federation, ended the contract of the national team yesterday to enter the national team a new phase of instability, which has been going on since the departure of national coach Mehdi Ali in 2017, while the white public is bemoaning the results achieved by the team with the former coach, Italian Alberto Zaccheroni.
The current federation, headed by Marwan Ben Ghalita, has hired three coaches in less than two years: Argentine Edgardo Bauza, Italian Alberto Zaccheroni and Bert van Marwijk, while Mehdi Ali lasted for four years and six months.
Although the names he has signed with the Football Association have a great history and great achievements at the global level, but did not achieve much success with the national team, as did not continue much coach Argentine Edgardo Bauza with «White», after leading the team in only four games, achieved They won one friendly match against Laos, beat Saudi Arabia in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, lost in the same qualifiers against Iraq, and drew with Thailand, before leaving for training «Green».
On the other hand, Zaccheroni, who took over on October 16, 2017, was generally weak.He led Al Abyad in 24 games, winning nine games, drawing seven, losing eight, and the number of official games he coached. Al-Abyad has won 11 games in which it won five matches, drew in one of them, lost two games, the first in the Gulf Cup final on penalties against Oman, and the loss in the Asian Cup semi-finals.
The team led by Zaccheroni scored 18 goals, conceded 19 goals, and his final result was second place in the Gulf championship, and the loss in the golden square in the continental championship.
Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk lasted only 258 days with the national team.He was signed on March 22 to qualify for the 2022 World Cup, according to Marvik, confirmed by the Football Association at the coach's introductory press conference.
The results achieved by the national team with Marvik did not come in line with the goals set by the Football Association, where he led the Dutch coach «White» in nine games, where he won in five games, and lost in four games, where he won friendly against Saudi Arabia, and drew with Syria, On the official level, they won the double qualifiers for the World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 against Malaysia and Indonesia, and lost to Thailand and Vietnam, where the team is fourth in Group G, and finally left the team «Gulf 24» of the group stage, after beating Yemen, the loss to both Iraq and cat QR
Marvik's national team has scored 15 goals, while Al Abyad has conceded 11 goals in nine games. Comparing these figures with the statistics of Italian coach Alberto Zaccheroni, the latter will outperform, in defense, although the Dutch coach is superior in the offensive side, Zaccheroni under his leadership was more organized and consistent in the squad.
For his part, the national coach Mehdi Ali maintained his superiority, after leading the national team for four and a half years, during which he achieved exceptional numbers with «White», where the number of matches in which «Engineer» coached the national team 68 games, won in 41 Al-Abyad scored 135 goals and conceded 67 goals, most notably winning the 2013 Gulf Cup, third place in 2014 and third place in the 2015 Asian Cup. Mehdi Ali has scored many records with the national team, most notably being the most coach of the team in matches Ttalih without loss, in 20 games, also achieved the longest consecutive winning streak reached 17 games, the coach is the most in order to achieve victories, the most Ahraza goals, the most multitude of points in the history of the national team.
- Mehdi Ali led the team 4 and a half years during which he achieved exceptional figures.