The former national team coach, Mahdi Ali, has become the closest relative to coaching the team, succeeding the former Serbian coach Ivan Jovanovic, after he became the most appropriate option in front of the National Team and Technical Affairs Committee in the Football Association, which seeks to resolve the new coach's profile for the team, while an informed source revealed to the Emirates Today that a committee The teams have already reached out to Mahdi Ali to find out the possibility of him returning to train the team again, and Mahdi expressed his consent to take over the team's training.
In light of the blurring of the situation and the lack of clarity of vision regarding the time period specified for the possibility of resuming sports activity again or not in light of the current circumstances related to the spread of the Corona Virus pandemic (Covid 19), it is difficult for the Football Association to sign a contract with a foreign coach for an unlimited period, because this The matter is vague and expensive for the Football Association, especially in terms of knowing the beginning and end of the coach's contract if he is a foreigner.
Therefore, Mahdi Ali remains the best and most logical option, given that he is a national coach whose contract can be controlled more in terms of its start and end, along with his previous experience with the national team and the historical accomplishments he achieved with Emirates football starting from his leadership of the Olympic team to qualify for the Olympic Games that were held In the British capital London in 2012, through his leadership of the first team to win the 2013 Gulf Cup held in Bahrain and won with the team third place in the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia along with his great success in creating a distinct personality for the team in earlier periods despite the fact that P did not serve time in the leadership team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
There are also other names before the committee within the available options that do not seem practical, such as former Saudi Romanian coach Olaro Cosmin, Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic, former Al Ain coach Zoran Mamic and Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari.
Logically, the contract with the Romanian Cosmin needs large sums besides his recent lack of success during his experience with Saudi football, and Zlatko is also the last to renew his contract with the Croatian national team. As for the former Al Ain coach Zoran, the conditions set by the Football Association in the process of selecting the new coach do not apply to him. As he had never had national training, but on the level of national coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari, despite the great achievements and successes he achieved with Sharjah and his leadership to win the League title last season and the Arab Gulf Super Cup at the beginning of the current season, he does not have sufficient experience in the values of Dah national teams.
Mahdi Ali remains the best option in terms of logic, because he is a national coach. The Football Association can control the issue of when and when the contract begins, especially in light of the current conditions that are ambiguous and hazy due to the developments of the Corona virus.
Team matches
It is noteworthy that the national team matches that were scheduled last March and next June within the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup were postponed until further notice, due to the current developments related to the Corona virus, knowing that the team is currently in fourth place with six points in the ranking of teams The previous group, which includes next to the teams of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, as he won two games against Malaysia and Indonesia, and also lost two games against Thailand and Vietnam, and he left him four games against Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
The FIFA has yet to set a firm date for the postponed matches in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
Other names before the committee do not seem practical, such as Kuzmin, Zlatko Daliتش, Zoran and Anbari.