«Emirates Today» learned that the Polish Olympic team coach Maciej Skorza has become one of the strongest candidates for the training of the first team, succeeding the former Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk, who was recently dismissed from his position because of the team’s modest results in the Gulf Cup 24, and the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. , And Asia 2013.

Four main factors emerged that boosted Skorza's chances of taking over the team’s training, including the successes he achieved with the Olympic team, which was represented in his leadership of him to qualify for the Asian Cup U-23 finals, which qualify for the Olympic Games scheduled in Tokyo 2020, along with his full knowledge of the first team players Given his presence in the country for about 21 months since March of 2018, in addition to the presence of seven Olympic team players in the last squad for the national team before the dismissal of Marvik, in addition to that the time is narrow for the National Teams Committee in the possibility of attracting a coach from outside the UAE, as the Any new coach needs Guet enough to get to know their players and get a feel for how to play pursued.

And some fear that the only obstacle that could hinder the issue of Skorza taking over the coaching team is the possibility that he will not succeed in leading the Olympic team to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.

Observers also nominated both the former coach of the national team, Mahdi Ali, to return again to the training of Al-Abyad, besides that there are those who see that the former coach of Al Ain, Zoran Mamic, is considered the most appropriate to take over the team's training due to his knowledge of the Emirati football through the period spent as coach of Al Ain.

Skorza holds a training license from the European Union, as he led the Polish team Poznan between 2014 and 2015, and achieved with him the Polish League title and the local Super Cup, along with the training of the Polish team Juggen Szczten in 2017, and also led the Saudi agreement, and reached with him to the semi-finals of the AFC Cup, And the sixth position in the Saudi Football League.

Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Transitional Committee of the Football Association, confirmed during his first meeting with the media the day before yesterday, after assuming the presidency of the committee that the topics of national teams and arbitration were the basis of the first meeting held by the Transitional Committee of the Football Association, indicating that a file will be decided The next coach of the national team, within a maximum period of one week, after the matter was referred to the National Teams Committee.

For its part, the Technical Affairs and National Teams Committee, which was chaired by Ghanem Al-Hajri, started her contacts regarding the selection of the coach best suited to train the national team.

Opinion poll

During an opinion poll conducted by «Emirates Today» on Twitter, the Polish coach Maciej Skorza did not win the approval of the public, as only 8% of the participants chose him, while all the nominations poured towards Mehdi Ali with 61% and Croatian Zoran Mamic 31%.

However, Skorza appears to be low in popularity due to his lack of popularity with the public.

The audience interacted with the poll and a discussion took place between the tweeters, and a group of citizens preferred Mahdi Ali, and attorney Mohamed Al-Bastaki said, "I tell Captain Mahdi Ali" in response to Jumah al-Shehhi, who opposed the arrival of coach Mahdi.

Meshaal Al-Khedim said, "Abdulaziz Al-Anbari only, and no other", while others tweeted that no one deserves from the list of the three coaches mentioned.