Youssef Hussein Al-Sahlawi, the second vice president of the Football Association, Chairman of the National Teams and Technical Affairs Committee, confirmed that once the new formation of the National Teams Committee is completed, an appropriate decision will be taken regarding the national team preparation program.
This came in response to a question about the fate of the national team preparation program, as well as the technical staff of the team, led by Serbian coach Jovanovic, in the wake of recent developments related to the decision to suspend football activities and the postponement of the team's matches in the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup.
Al-Sahlawi stressed in press statements that they are facing a sensitive stage in the coming period, which requires sacrifices, a competition of time, and concerted efforts, and also requires the use of expertise from inside and outside the Football Association, considering that things augur well, because everyone in the new board of the Football Association has the desire In the demand for work, pointing out that he hopes this feeling will reflect positively on the performance of the National Teams Committee, as well as on the national teams, stressing that he hopes that the results will be satisfactory to the sports street and officials, as well as to members of the Federation.
He said: «In the coming days, we will complete the issue of the new formation of the National Teams Committee and Technical Affairs, and it will be presented to the Federation’s Board of Directors, headed by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi, and we promise people that we will not fail.
Youssef Hussein Al-Sahlawi has a lot of good experience in the field of administrative sporting work, since he was a former international player in the Emirates National Team and the Sharjah Club.
Al-Sahlawi, who was recently elected as the second vice president of the federation by voting by the Federation’s Board of Directors: “I thank all the members of the Board of Directors, headed by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Federation’s Board of Directors, for this great confidence, and I hope to be at the best of all’s expectations. , From the members of the Board of Directors, officials and the masses, and I hope that this experience will be enriching, and that we offer the desired addition. ”
Both FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation recently announced the postponement of the qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup until further notice, in light of the health developments related to the new Corona Virus (Covid 19), knowing that the national team plays in Group V alongside Thailand and Vietnam. Malaysia and Indonesia, and has so far scored six points out of four games he has fought, with four remaining matches remaining.
• “In the coming days, we will complete the formation of the National Teams Committee and Technical Affairs, and present them to the Federation’s Board of Directors.”