Athletes confirmed that there are six technical indicators that enhance the Olympic team's chances of winning the qualification card for the Olympic Games, scheduled in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, next summer, through its expected participation in the Asian Cup U-23 finals, scheduled in Thailand, which starts tomorrow and qualified for the tournament. The Olympic Games, noting that these indicators are represented in the team comprising good elements of the players, as well as readiness and good preparation, and the team won the Dubai International friendly Cup, which was held last November, with the participation of eight teams, and the acquisition of a large number of players the required experience in dealing with Such as these tournaments, through previous involvement with the first team, in addition to the participation of most of the players primarily with their teams in the league of the UAE, and issued his white fourth goal difference from the Saudi team during qualifying for the finals of the Asian Cup.

They told «Emirates Today» «all factors of success are now available to the team, but the final word will be for players on the field, and optimistic about this group of players, to repeat the achievement of 2012, when the Olympic white succeeded in qualifying for the London Olympics.

The Olympic team plays within the fourth group, which includes alongside the teams of Vietnam, North Korea and Jordan, as it begins its career by meeting Vietnam on Friday, and then facing North Korea on the 13th of this year, and concludes with the Jordanian national team on the 16th of this month.

The champion, runner-up and third-place player will qualify for the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020), and if Japan (the host of the Olympic Games) is in the first three places, the fourth-place player will qualify directly to the Olympics.

The former Olympic and youth team coach Ali Ibrahim confirmed that he is optimistic about the upcoming appearance of the Olympic team, as it includes distinguished elements of the players, who have gained great experience during their previous participation, whether with their teams or with the first team, stressing that there is a great opportunity in front of them to achieve a new achievement of the Emirati football .

Ali Ibrahim said: "The participation of most of the Olympic team's players with their teams in the Arab Gulf League is a positive thing, and this will be reflected on the team during its upcoming participation in the Asian Cup U-23 finals, and they are lucky that there are about seven players who participated before with the first team."

He added: “The other positive thing is that the team’s preparations went well, through the presence of Polish coach Skorza Messej, who was contracted by the Football Association in March 2018, and that the team is characterized by the presence of the main players, as well as ready replacements, and this is also one of the positive indicators That enhances the chances of the team in this participation ».

In turn, former director of Al-Nasr team Khaled Obaid confirmed that he is optimistic that the Olympic team can repeat the scenario of the historic achievement, which was achieved at the London Olympics in 2012, through Omar Abdel-Rahman, Ali Mabkhout and their comrades in the Olympic team at that time.

He added, "I am optimistic about this team, as it includes some of the best elements currently in the UAE league."

Khaled Obaid indicated that during the last period, Al-Abiad had a good preparation and high readiness for the players, which would enable him to appear in the upcoming championship.

He continued: «The recent indications indicate that the Olympic team is about to achieve a new achievement, given the positive results achieved by him in the recent period, among them being his group in the qualifiers for the finals, and the players’ acquisition of the required experience in such big tournaments.

For his part, the youth team manager Badr Ahmed stressed confidence in the Olympic team, describing the mission as not easy, but at the same time not impossible, pointing out that the team includes good elements of the players.

He added: "The Olympic white is characterized by the presence of players with great experience, through playing with the first team, which reflects positively on the expected appearance in the Asian mission."

He continued, "I know very well the levels of some of the players in the current Olympic team, as I worked with them in previous periods."

The 6 indicators

Good preparation and high availability for players.

Most of the team's players are essential to participating with their teams in the local league.

A number of players have acquired the required experience, through their previous participation with the first team.

The team topped their group during the Asian Cup Qualifiers.

Winning the international friendly title in Dubai, which included eight teams.

The presence of distinctive elements in the national team.