Athletes attributed the suffering that Emirati football is experiencing at the present time to the lack of a plan or business strategy since the nineties of the last century, stressing that the absence of evaluation and planning has lost our clubs and the national team its identity, after the clubs participating in the AFC Champions League continued their modest results in matches The group stage, with the exception of the Al-Wahda team, which leads its first Asian group by drawing 1-1 with Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia, and defeating the Iraqi police 1-0.

Teams: Shabab Al-Ahly, Al-Ain, and Sharjah failed to achieve victory during the past two rounds, as Al-Ahly youth lost to Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 1-2, and the Saudi Hilal lost the same result, while Al-Ain lost to Sephan Iran by four and Saudi victory 1-2, while Sharjah lost to Cooperation with a clean goal, and a tie with Iranian Peruzi 2-2, to reduce the chances of Emirati football in completing the path of competition, compared to the results or the technical level, at a time when Al Ain and Shabab Al-Ahly reached the continental final in 2015 and 2016, respectively.

Athletes told Emirates Today: “Football in the Emirates suffers due to the lack of planning, and because of confusion, from clubs to the teams that pay the price every year, during participation in the Asian Championship, and friction with the stronger teams.” They explained, “We must stop Wasting money and time and reformulating Emirati football, in proportion to the development in various fields, especially with the disappearance of talents, at a time when the two international players Ahmed Khalil and Omar Abdul Rahman had won the title of best player in the continent in 2015 and 2016, so we can say that talent She disappeared from Emirati football. ”

The rule of passion

The president of Khor Fakkan Football Club and the star of the national team in 1990, Khalil Ghanem, emphasized that the problem of Emirates football is governed by passion, and listening to the opinion of the sports street and the public, which is not always correct, which makes any board of directors, whether in a club or federation that brings new systems, and works For his time only.

Khalil Ghanem said: “Since the 1990s we have been playing without a clear business plan or strategy for any board of directors, whether in the federation or clubs, and we are suffering from those who make strategic plans, and that starts from the base and attention to the Sunni stages in order to build for the future, as those who work on football "The foot is to satisfy the impatient audience and wants to win every match and one season only without looking forward."

He added: “We need to look ahead and set goals and continue on them without listening to the audience whose opinions are always emotional and not known inside, and there must be studies and academies to build a new generation of players, as Emirati football is a generation that delivers a generation, starting from one generation 90, passing through the generation of Ismail Matar, then (Amuri), and now from the next generation of Emirati football. ”

Clubs cause

Sports analyst Khaled Obaid saw that “what happens in the Emirates and football is borne by the club’s administrations, as they are directly responsible for preparing and presenting players in sports competitions.” Khaled Obaid said: “Discovering and developing talent comes primarily from clubs. After Ismail Matar and (Amouri), and others of this generation have not witnessed any talent that deserves praise at the moment, in addition to bringing in coaches who contribute to raising the level of technical, mental and physical players. ”

He added: «Now with the participation of the resident player and the children of female citizens, and giving the talented of them an opportunity to give the artistic side, but the clubs and sports councils and the federation did not plan for the Emirati football, as it was satisfied with financial support only without supervising the application of the resident and born player rule properly.

Ranking and awards

For his part, the former media director of Al Wasl Club, Adel Darwish, stressed that the responsibility for what is happening to Emirati football is shared between clubs and the organizers of local competitions and the league, pointing out that prizes and classification are "fake makeup", and the negatives are still present, as he put it.

Darwish said: «There is a joint responsibility between productive clubs and the organizer of local professional competitions which is the association, the programming process and the competition system are weak, and it cannot produce clubs and players able to play higher levels such as the AFC Champions League, and we note now that the level of the Asian Championship is very superior to Africa So we must create a system that allows for rotation and this needs the continuity of competitions, not stopping. Is it reasonable to stop a competition for a month for the Olympic team, so why do we call ourselves professionals? ».

He added, "We also need to program the Arab Gulf Cup competition in the days of international stops, and raise the participation rates of players under 23 years in half, and amend the mechanism of the resident player urgently and immediately. Unfortunately, the work of clubs is weak and declining at the level of production and investment in the training stages

There is a clear gap between the interest and investment in the advanced stages of the first team player, while we all know who is responsible for the football product (Football Association, Clubs, League, Sports Councils), things are intertwined on the administrative and technical levels and we will suffer more with the next generation ».

He added: «All that is happening now is a monotonous and boring mobility in its scenes and details, which is more waste of time and money and it is not worth us to focus as followers or observers, so holding new elections in the lists system and changing the election system is not a guarantee of the arrival of the best elements to lead the football work in the state, whether in The union and the association, as long as the true specialists are away, are still relying on compliments, emotions and relationships in nominating names for the lists, we need institutional work, competencies first and foremost ».

The successful warrior

In turn, the former national team player, Salem Hadid, said that, “Since the UAE reached the 1990 World Cup until now, the Federation, with succession of presidents and boards of directors, has no specific plan or strategy that has its goals and tools to reach those goals, except for the rare number of Personal diligence succeeded but did not continue, as the successful person is always a fighter. ”

He added: “Clubs bear the responsibility for this slope for several reasons, including lack of interest in Al Qaeda, unification of football schools in clubs, lack of a physical and health preparation system for players, and the absence of follow-up and interest in talented people by refining them with international centers and international football outside schools, such as the Dutch Ajax School, Eindhoven, Barcelona, ​​Madrid and Valencia And many football schools famous in Spain and the world ».

He added: «Sports councils have a role in supervising, following up and coordinating with clubs, training and qualifying courses for coaches and administrators, enacting laws and regulations for administrative description and practicing administrative activities in clubs, and making agreements with sports centers and schools to cultivate football talent and professional coexistence in those schools and clubs.

He continued, “The Football Association, during the last period, had no strategy and goals to determine the direction of the compass, whether technical or the selection of coaches for national teams and football or administrative schools in terms of efficiency and the selection of the right person in the right place, and not a requirement through the selection of clubs or by election The general assembly to participate in the union’s committees, and the absence of a department specialized in studies and research in the union, to determine the negatives and study them, and to provide the best and appropriate solutions to solve them ».

Club results in Asia so far

Shabab Al-Ahly lost to Pakhtakor 1-2, and the Saudi Hilal scored the same result.

Al-Ain lost to Sebahan by four, and Al-Nasr won 1-2.

Sharjah lost by cooperating with a goal, and tied with Peruzi 2-2.

Al-Wehda tied 1-1 with Al-Ahly Jeddah, defeating the police 1-0.

- Demands to stop wasting money and time and reformulate Emirati football.

- Emirates football needs to raise the participation rates of players under 23 years.