Yesterday evening, the Olympic football team arrived in the Thai city of Buriram, coming from the capital, Bangkok, in preparation for the Group F matches of the AFC U-23 Cup, which kicks off today, as the team launches its matches next Friday, against Vietnam at the Buriram International Stadium.
The team received a sad news about Al-Ahly youth striker Muhammad Juma (Pele), who was forced to return to the Emirates, after he was injured during the friendly meeting that took place the day before yesterday, in front of the Thai Muangtung United team, where the medical tests that were conducted proved his injury At the knee level, his need for treatment and rest.
Yesterday, the team performed its first training session in the city of Buriram on one of the sub-stadiums, under the leadership of Polish coach Maciej Skorza and his assistant team, with the participation of 26 players: Hamdan Nasser Al-Baroud, Majid Rashid Al-Mahrazi (Kalba), Khaled Ibrahim Al-Dhanhani, Mohammed Al-Hammadi, Khaled Al-Dhanhani (Baniyas), Abdullah Ramadan, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Muhammad Al Attas, Zayed Al Ameri, Abdul Rahman Al Ameri (Al Jazeera), Majid Surur (Sharjah), Khalfan Al Nubi, Eid Khamis (Shabab Al Ahly), Falah Walid Jumaa, Muhammad Shaker, Yahya Nader, Ali Eid (Al Ain), Jassim Al Balushi, Saeed Ali Suwaidan (Al Nasr), Abdullah Al Ameri, Mohammed Al Shamsi, Tahnoon Al Zaab , Yahya Ghassani (Unit), Faris Khalil Al Marzouki, Amr Ali Saleh, Abdulrahman Saleh Khamis (Al Wasl).
The Olympic training witnessed a remarkable media presence from various Asian media, especially Vietnamese, who were keen to conduct interviews with members of the national administrative team, about the team's latest preparations for the first match.
For his part, the organizing committee of the championship held today a welcome meeting for members of the technical and administrative staff and players, at the mission's residence in Buriram city, in the presence of Jinhu Yu, general coordinator of the fourth group teams, who welcomed the members of the mission, wishing them success in the tournament.
The meeting dealt with all instructions of the tournament, whether media, marketing or artistic, as well as arbitration aspects, especially that the tournament will witness the application of VAR video assistant technology. The AFC also held a photo session for all the players in the official match shirts, which will be displayed on the stadium screen.
Al-Mahrazi: We will present the precious and precious to achieve the achievement
The star of the national team, Majed Al-Mahrazi, has pledged to make every effort possible, and to provide all that he has with the rest of his teammates, in order to achieve the results expected by everyone from the Olympic, during his participation in the Asian Cup U-23 finals, stressing: As players we will provide the precious and the precious to achieve a new achievement for Emirates Ball .
He described the Olympic participation in this tournament as important, noting that it is the path that leads to the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, indicating that the primary goal that they are working towards achieving is to lead the team to appear in this great global forum for the second time after London 2012.
He pointed out that all the stars of the team know the importance of this tournament, and realize the necessity of kidnapping one of the cards eligible for the Olympics, in order to raise the flag of Emirati football high in international forums.
The Olympic team star of the Asian Cup finals considered an appropriate opportunity for young players to present themselves well, and confirm their worthiness by wearing the team's slogan, pointing out that what the team finds support and support by officials and fans, places an additional responsibility on them, and makes them required to double efforts to provide the best level, And achieve the desired results.
Olympic team inaugurates the Asian Championship Friday against Vietnam.
Pele’s medical tests proved that he had a knee injury and needed treatment and rest, to return to the Emirates.