Member of the Transitional Committee of the Football Association, Chairman of the Committee for Teams and Technical Affairs Ghanem Al-Hajri revealed that the contract of the Serbian first national team coach Ivan Jovanovic for a period of six months to come and after each recent incident, indicating that the details of the contract signed with the coach are not important, describing the task of the Transitional Committee of the Football Association Very sensitive during the next stage, stressing that the task of the team in crossing to the next round and harvest the qualification card in the World Cup qualifiers is not easy, but it is not impossible.
"The next stage in the national team’s march needs to provide a positive atmosphere for the national team and its technical and administrative staff and work with the spirit of one team," Ghanem Al-Hajri said at the coach’s introductory press conference held today, Monday, at the headquarters of the Football Association in Dubai.
"Everyone feels positive and strong. We found in the transitional committee acceptance, positive spirit and desire to create a new imprint and very happy with the return of the influential names of the players in the UAE league, which started to return to their normal level, and this is an indication that will reflect positively on the team."
Al-Hajri pointed to the great efforts made by the transitional committee headed by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi to contract the coach during the period that had been determined by about a week.
The transitional committee has contracted with Jovanovic, 22, to take over as coach of the Dutch coach, former coach Bert van Marwijk, who was sacked following the team's modest results in their recent qualifying matches.
Al-Hajri stressed that the selection of coach Jovanovich was among several names that were a candidate to train the team, according to specific criteria that included their development in this regard, including his full knowledge of the nature of the Emirates ball and the Emirati player and that he had achieved successes, considering that the coach is part of a system of work to achieve success Required.
Al-Hajri stressed that the team needs the support of everyone in the coming stage, whether the public, sports and media, in order to achieve the desired goal.