Al Ain team player, Caio Canedo, stressed that the national football team will become stronger after Al Wasl player, Fabio Lima, acquires Emirati nationality, and the possibility of his participation with "Al Abyad" in the upcoming events starting from the joint qualifiers for the World Cup and Asian Cup finals, pointing to Lima is one of the most prominent players in its position on the field, and will be able to provide the expected addition to it for "White".
Caio told «Emirates Today» that Fabio Lima will give the national team coach, Serbian Ivan Jovanovic, more offensive options, and said: “I expect the strength of the offensive line to increase further, Fabio Lima is a player that does not need to be defined, everyone saw what he was providing with Al-Wasl team, and certainly joining the team will be a wonderful thing, and I hope, along with the rest of the players, that we will be up to the challenge and achieve what is required. ”
Regarding the changes that occurred in his personal life after obtaining Emirati citizenship, Caio Canedo pointed out that his teammates in the Al Ain team called him Hamdan, and said: “It started as a joke, but I am happy with this name, I am proud that I can now join the national team list If I am called, because obtaining citizenship does not guarantee that I will get the opportunity to be summoned by the coach, because I have to work harder. ”
He added: «My family in Brazil is happy to have Emirati citizenship, they are proud of me, because I can now play for the national team, they know the Emirates well, and for me I will be in debt to this country every moment I participate with the team, because I have been living here for six years, "And I have many memories here, and I hope that I will be well-thought officials."
Commenting on the meeting that will be renewed between Al Ain and Al Wasl, at the end of this month, in the President’s Cup quarter-finals, Caio Canedo confirmed that it will be a different match, and he said: «I think it will be a very different match from the league match, that confrontation will be a matter of whether or not we be, But now we must focus on the meetings step by step, and first of all to meet Sharjah in the next round. ”
Speaking of facing the Sharjah team, Brazilian Caio Canedo admitted that the meeting will not be easy for the "leader", and that this will require them to strive more in training sessions during the days leading up to the match. He said: "It will certainly be a difficult confrontation, but we nevertheless hope that we will be up to the challenge in it."
Regarding the presence of the former Al Ain player, Caio Lucas, in the ranks of Sharjah, he said: “Caio is a great player. He played several years in Al Ain Club, and after that he moved, he is my friend, and we are in contact, and certainly we will have to beware of his movements during the match, he is a skilled player We generally focus on the entire Sharjah team, in order to succeed in winning the match. ”
Caillou:
Obtaining citizenship does not guarantee that I will get an opportunity to call up for the national team.
Al Ain match with Al Wasl in the cup with the slogan "To be or not to be."