Yesterday, the first national football team performed its first training under the leadership of its new Serbian coach Ivan Jovanovic, who was contracted to succeed the former Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk, as the current team gathering, which will end today, comes in preparation for the next stage that will witness the remaining matches in The joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, where the White will meet his Malaysia team in the UAE next March 26, and on the 31st of the same month, he will meet Indonesia in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and on the fourth of July he will face the Thailand team, then he will meet on the ninth of The Same month Vietnam at the end of its matches in this qualifying campaign.
Yesterday, 25 players, who were selected in the list, attended the training yesterday in the Thiab Awana Stadium, while only 20 players participated in the training, as five-star Walid Abbas, Mohamed Marzouq, Ahmed Khalil, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, and Hassan Saleh missed the training, after undergoing a medical examination by the national team doctor, where It became clear that they were injured and needed treatment and rest. The administrative and technical staff of the national team was keen to meet the players before training, and coach Jovanovic spoke, asking them to be serious and committed during the next stage.
And the team seeks with full force to enhance its chances of qualifying for the next round, by overcoming the obstacle of Malaysia in the first upcoming confrontation in the era of the new coach Jovanovic, knowing that the team currently occupies the third place in the ranking of the Group Seven teams issued by the Vietnamese team with 10 points.
Al-Kaabi is administratively appointed to the first team
The Football Association has appointed Khaled Al-Kaabi to be the administrator of the first national team, within the system of the administrative apparatus, which includes Issa Mir as the team supervisor, and Yasser Salem as the team manager.