Sources within the Football Association confirmed to «Emirates Today» that the National Committee for National Teams has settled 99% of its choice regarding the new coach who will take over technical control of Al-Abyad, replacing Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk, who was recently dismissed from his position due to poor results.
These sources revealed that there is a firm conviction that the Polish Olympic team coach, Maciej Skorza, will be chosen to take over as Al-Abyad, and that the official announcement of the decision will take place next week.
The Football Association contracted Skorza in March last year to take over the task of overseeing the Olympic team with a two-year contract.
Skorza, 46, has great experience with Emirati football, as he succeeded in leading the Olympics, to bypass the first stage of the Asian qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics, which was hosted by the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after he took the lead at the expense of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and the Maldives.
Skorza previously coached the Polish team Welch Poznan, in the period from September 2014 to October 2015, and achieved with him the title of Polish champion and the Super Cup, and training the Polish team Juggen Szczten in 2017, and also led the Saudi Al-Ittifaq team, and reached with him to the AFC Cup semi-finals, and sixth place In the Saudi League.
These sources revealed the reasons that prompted the National Teams to settle for the selection of Skorza, foremost of which is that the structure of Al Abyad depends in the current period on a squad that includes a number of Olympic players, and that the coach is very familiar with Emirati football, which makes it the most appropriate option for the first team in the next stage.
She also confirmed that all the reports presented to the national team in relation to the Polish coach, all came positive in relation to his good relationship with the players, and his success in imposing discipline on the Olympic team rallies, which did not witness during his period in charge any departure from the text, in addition Due to his high technical abilities that all those close to Skorza praised, in addition to that he is a young coach (48 years), and he has the constant aspiration to succeed in his profession.
It is noteworthy that the most important task for Emirates football in the coming period will be participating in the Asian finals for the Olympic next January, and the competition to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, as it held the national team in the fourth group next to North Korea, Vietnam and Jordan, in return, the important period also begins for the first team in March Next, the resumption of the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and Asia 2023.
The team is living in a difficult period at the moment, after the recent disappointing results in the World Cup qualifiers, as well as Gulf 24, which contributed to the departure of Dutch coach Marwijk.
Al-Abyad must win all four games remaining in the qualifying round in order to compete for a place qualified for the final stage of the World Cup Qualifiers.
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To the Polish national team committee Skorza came out positive