The Olympic team will play an important and decisive confrontation with its Jordanian counterpart at the end of the first round for the fourth group, which is being held within the Asian Cup U-23 finals, currently held in Thailand, and which are eligible for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

The match will take place at Buriram United Stadium, at 17:15 Emirates time, while the second match will be played in the same group, between Vietnam and North Korea.

The team currently leads the goal difference from Jordan, and each of them has four points, while Vietnam occupies third place with two points, and North Korea finally without a balance. Although the team has two chances of winning or drawing to qualify, it will face Jordan with the ambition of winning to avoid complicated calculations, as if it tied, with Vietnam defeating North Korea, they would make the three teams (UAE, Jordan and Vietnam) equal five points, and then the time will be referred to the championship list that You will exclude direct confrontations, and start through the goal difference, then the number of goals, and then the penalty shootout, in the event that the equation is for two teams only, and played the last game between them in the first round.

If everything continues to be equal, fair play is invoked (one point per yellow card, three for each red, and four in the event of a yellow card followed by a red card directly), and the last solution is to make a lottery.

Al-Abyad completed his preparations for the match by performing a training session, today, under the leadership of the Polish Maciej Skorza and his assistant apparatus, with the participation of all players. The training included the application of some tactical aspects of the style of play that the team will follow in the match, as well as focusing on fixed balls and defensive and offensive organization.

Scorza said in a press statement that the level of the team is constantly increasing, starting with the Vietnam match, and continued: «All players are ready for the match, and I am confident in their ability to clinch the qualification, and we will play for victory only».

Scorza asked the players to focus throughout the match, and to redouble the effort and take advantage of the opportunities that are available to them. He said on his part, the team manager, Jamal Buhandi, in a press statement, that Jordan is a strong team, and stressed that the Jordanian team is a fierce competitor, indicating that he succeeded in winning four Score from winning, drawn, and aspires to continue achieving positive results. He asked the Olympic players to focus more and make every effort to get the three points.

Today, the Olympic team plays in red for the first time in this championship, and Jordan in white, while the match is managed by Bahraini referee Nawaf Shukrallah, and assisted by his compatriot Mohammed Jaafar, Abdullah Saleh and Iraqi Ali Sabah fourth.

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The team leads the fourth group with a goal difference from Jordan.