The coach of the first national football team, Serbian Ivan Jovanovic, yesterday summoned 25 players to the White List for the short internal gathering that will be held in Dubai from 4 to 6 this month, as part of Al-Abyad’s preparations for the matches of Malaysia and Indonesia next March as part of the joint qualifiers for the Cup finals. World 2022 and Asia Finals 2023.
The list included: Khaled Issa, Muhannad Al-Anazi, Muhammad Abdul Rahman, Bandar Al-Ahbabi (Al-Ain) Abdulaziz Heikal, Muhammad Marzouq, Walid Abbas, Muhammad Jaber, Abdullah Al-Naqbi, Walid Hussein, Ahmed Khalil (Shabab Al-Ahly), Muhammad Fawzi, Amer Abdul Rahman, Ali Mabkhout Omar Abdul Rahman (Al Jazeera), Adel Al Hosani, Al Hassan Saleh, Salem Sultan (Sharjah), Habib Al Fardan, Ahmed Shambieh, Tariq Ahmed (Al Nasr), Muhammad Barghash, Khalil Ibrahim (Al Wahda), Habboush Saleh (Al Wasl), Khalid Bawazeer (Al Dhafra) ). Al-Abyad will begin the gathering next Saturday to perform his training at the Thiyab Awana Stadium in the headquarters of the Dubai Football Association.
Member of the Transitional Committee of the Football Association superintendent of teams, Issa Mir, said that the aim of the rally is to get the new technical staff led by Jovanovic to the players closely through training sessions before the next rally to be held in March.
He explained in a press statement: The list is not final, and it has been emptied of the elements of the Olympic team who are preparing to participate in the Asian Cup U-23 finals in Thailand, pointing out that the technical staff will make sure to follow up the health status of the injured internationals in coordination with the medical devices of the clubs.
• The new list is not final, and coach Jovanovic seeks to get to know the players, as it is devoid of Olympic players.