The coach of the National Basketball Team, Dr. Mounir bin Habib, revealed that the support of the white ranks of the Lebanese international player Fadi Al-Khatib during the participation in the Dubai International Championship in its 31st edition, which started the day before yesterday and continues in the hall of Al-Ahly Youth Club in Dubai until the first of next February , Is a message addressed to the country's clubs, especially from the category of foreign residents and professionals, that the opportunity is available to them in the near future to obtain the opportunity to appear in the shirt of the state team in the upcoming benefits.
Bin Al Habib told «Emirates Today» that «great efforts made by the game’s union since the team entered the stages of preparation for the tournament, to support the ranks of the white with a professional player from the state’s clubs, before the clubs were already addressed, but the clubs’ apology for pushing their professionals opened the door to the use of With the experiences of the Lebanese international Fadi Al-Khatib, who has a long history of accomplishments with his country’s teams and teams, who did not hesitate to fulfill the invitation extended to him, for his keenness to be present in the Dubai International Championship, which he has always been keen to participate in ».
He explained, “In light of the injury to the main elements of the national team that they were exposed to during their career in the local championships, it was necessary to search for effective solutions in terms of strengthening the ranks of Al-Abyad, in order to ensure achieving the greatest possible benefit for the rest of the elements, and appearing properly in a championship that usually includes Elite clubs on the continents of Asia and Africa, to actually address the clubs in the union’s desire to include a professional player next to the resident player class occupied by the current Senegalese youth player Al-Ahly Mamadou Andi, but the clubs ’apology for pushing their professionals behind the invitation to the Lebanese international Fadi Al-Khatib Strong friendships with Al-Ittihad, in addition to the majority of our current players in the team, in light of the continuous presence of Al-Khatib in participating in the Dubai International Championship ».
He added: «The management of the Federation is determined to invest in the new systems, which aims to achieve the largest possible participation of residents and professionals in the local championships, by opening the way for talents, including to support the national teams, hence the concern in the current version of the tournament to support the team with a player of the category Residents, and a world-class professional Fadi Al-Khatib.
Bin Al Habib pointed out that the current list of the national team is the best in many years, especially in terms of pushing the young elements, and he said: «For the first time in many years, four young elements are pushed, in a step that confirms the union’s endeavor to strengthen white with new blood, which was confirmed by these elements in Our opening match against the Philippine Mighty Sport, which we lost with difficulty after we managed to advance many of its periods, after these elements showed good levels and they are up to the responsibility that has been placed on them, as well as the experiences that they will get and benefit their clubs due to their having the opportunity to play matches Strong in front of professionally supported clubs. ”
He concluded: «The team is able to provide better performance, especially that the white players advanced until the middle of the fourth period, before losing in the last minutes by a difference of six points and a score of 82-88, which confirms that our players need more homogeneity, which can be achieved during the next games ».
The national team enters the Tunisian radio station
In the fifth round of the afternoon, the national team will meet the Tunisian Al-Radzi team, in the second group, in the third round of the Groups League.
The tour begins at 3 pm by meeting the American University of Dubai team with Moroccan Salé in the first group, which also witnesses a summit meeting that brings the champion of the Arab clubs, the Egyptian Alexandrian Federation, with the Asian champion and the champion of the Lebanese sports team, at seven in the evening. With the Beirut team in the second group.
The tournament draw placed the national team in the second group, which includes next to the Philippine Mighty Sport, the Syrian Union, Beirut Beirut, and the Tunisian Radisan star, while the first group included the Lebanese Sports Clubs and Hobbs, the American University of Dubai, the Egyptian Alexandria Union, Al Wathba, and Sala Al Maghrabi. .
Al-Abyad lost to the Philippine Mighty Sport despite its progress until the middle of the fourth period.