Athletes demanded that the Football Association maintain the Olympic team, despite its failure to book a qualifying card to the Tokyo Olympics, after the loss suffered yesterday, against Uzbekistan 1-5 in the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup U-23, qualified for the Games Olympic scheduled in the Japanese capital Tokyo next summer.

They stressed that nine technical problems lost the dream of Al-Abyad, represented in the lack of good psychological preparation for the players before the game, fatal defensive mistakes, absence of homogeneity and harmony between players, lack of combat spirit on the field, the team's lack of team play, the ineffectiveness of the attack, the absence of the sniper attacker, Despite the brilliance of striker Zayed al-Amiri, the slow pace in preparing the attacks, the lack of diversification of the sources of risk in the attack triangle, the early surrender of defeat, and the inability to match the Uzbek team.

They told «Emirates Today» that «it is necessary to discuss the causes of failure, and go towards a new start for the Emirates ball by working to address errors and difficulties, and start strategic planning, and discuss the reasons that led to this failure, and work to avoid them in the future so as not to repeat».

The former Olympic team coach, Ali Ibrahim, stressed that “the team suffered many problems on the left side that did not find support from the rest of the players, especially from the defense and the players, and therefore he was unable to reduce the risk of the parties in relation to the Uzbek team, which showed that it is a fierce and experienced team. He pointed out that "the team also lacked mental harmony, and that its net received easy goals, besides that the Olympic team coach did not read the Uzbek team well, whose danger lies in the strength of its limbs."

Ali Ibrahim added, "The Olympic team appeared coherent, especially at the defense level in the three games played against Vietnam, North Korea and Jordan, but it was lacking the sniper striker, despite the brilliance of Zayed Al-Amri."

Ali Ibrahim pointed out that "the Polish national team coach Maciej Skorza bears a large part of the responsibility, especially in the process of changing some players in the match," noting that "the coach did not have the ability to read the opponent, although the strength of the Uzbek team lies in the parties, and did not He can solve it. ”

For his part, former coach of Al Wasl Hassan Polo confirmed that during his tenure as coach of the national team, he tried a large number of players until the tournament date, indicating that this matter should have been reflected positively on the team through homogeneity between the players, but unfortunately they did not feel any A kind of homogeneity in the ranks of the players, besides that the team also lacked a fighting spirit.

He said, "Although Al-Moutahab qualified for the quarter-finals of the championship, the fighting spirit of the players during the three matches that he played before qualifying was non-existent, and that the players were playing through individual efforts."

As for the former member of the Competitions Committee in the Football Association, Khaled Awad, he said: “Although the Olympic team includes good elements of the players that are no less than the technical capabilities enjoyed by the Uzbek team, the coach did not employ these capabilities properly recruitment,” noting that « The circumstances that the team went through in previous periods reflected negatively on it in this tournament. Khaled Awad added, "Unfortunately, the tactic in which the team played, besides that the coach did not benefit from the high skills of the team members, and the fluctuation of the level of some players, is one of the most important reasons for the loss of the team and its exit from the Asian Cup."

The 9 problems

1- Lack of good psychological preparation before the match.

2- Lack of harmony and harmony between players.

3- Lack of fighting spirit on the field.

4- The team's lack of team play style.

5- The coach of the national team is unable to read the opponent well.

6- Defensive mistakes and the inability of the players to limit the opponent’s risk.

7- Slow pace in preparing toys and attacks and not diversifying the sources of risk.

8- The ineffectiveness of the attack and the absence of the sniper striker despite the brilliance of Zayed Al-Amiri.

9- Early surrender of defeat and inability to match the Uzbek team.

The team lacked mental harmony, and their goals were easy.