Athletes stressed the importance of the National Football Association’s Committee for Teams and Technical Affairs to make new amendments to the national team’s list, especially at the level of rewards and disciplinary penalties related to the national team’s players, and the need to develop a clear policy and vision in dealing with the national team in the next stage, so that it coincides with the upcoming challenges, The fact that the national team is heading towards an important stage that requires everyone to make sacrifices, especially by the players, in order to avoid the non-repetition of previous mistakes that led to the decline of Al-Abyad, and the loss of important points in the first-leg matches of the second stage of the World Cup 2022 qualifiers, and the Asian Cup 2023.
They said that the new stage requires that the players be chosen according to specific criteria, most notably discipline, seriousness, commitment, a sense of responsibility, and the player's desire to wear a white shirt. It is noteworthy that the team plays in the seventh group, which includes the teams of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, and must win all the upcoming matches from the second leg, which will be held in October and November, in order to maintain its opportunity to reach the last stage of the qualifiers.
They told «Emirates Today»: The National Teams Committee must carry out a comprehensive evaluation process in terms of the pros and cons of the previous stage, and identify the importance of the factors and reasons that led to the decline of the team’s results, and develop appropriate solutions to any problems or obstacles that may be faced, especially as it is considered technical The best, compared to the rest of his squad.
It is expected that the Football Association will soon announce the identity of the new coach, who will take over from former coach Jovanovic.
The former Football Association board member and technical analyst Mohamed Matar Ghorab emphasized that "the new stage depends on the quality of the players who will be chosen in the national team," stressing the importance of the player being chosen to give everything he has in order to defend the logo he wears. », Considering that the sacrifices made by the various sectors in the state in various aspects must be a motivation for every player and athlete to give everything that he can towards the country. He stressed the importance of transferring these sacrifices to the sports field, so that this field is in the front row, as is the case with other sectors in the state.
Mohamed Matar Gharab added: "The next coach can be any of the names, but the most important thing is to have a clear vision in all matters." He continued, "In my opinion, there is no use in any rewards or penalties that the Football Association Committee sets for the national team in the event that the player does not have the desire."
For his part, former international and legal advisor Salem Hadid stressed that the next stage in the national team’s march calls for the importance of the players to deal with it seriously, discipline and rigor, so that the same mistakes that occurred in the past are not repeated, and led to a decline in the team’s results. He said that the “National Teams Committee is required to amend the regulations on rewards and disciplinary penalties, as well as on players, in line with the new stage, so that the discipline policy is imposed on each player, through the existence of a specific regulation that controls this matter.”
He added, "The committee must follow up on all the matters of the team in all its details, but at the same time the team coach must be granted full powers in technical matters."
Salem Hadid considered that "Sebastian Tigali, Caio Canedo and Fabio de Lima have their weight on the field with their clubs in the league, and I hope that they provide the required technical return, which is an addition to the team when they first appear."
In turn, the former Assistant Secretary General of the Football Association, Imran Abdullah, confirmed that he is optimistic, under the leadership of Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi for the Football Association, as well as in the presence of the new committee for teams and technical affairs headed by Youssef Hussein Sahlawi. He said that rigor and seriousness must be the team's slogan in the next stage, so that the team can achieve positive results that enable it to reach the desired goal, which is to qualify for the second round in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
Imran Abdullah said, "The joining of the trio, Fabio de Lima, Caio Canedo and Tegali, will be a great addition to the national team in the coming stage." He added: "The positive results that the team seeks in the coming stage will not be achieved except with the solidarity of all, as well as seriousness and a sense of responsibility on the part of the players." He believed that the team still had a good opportunity to correct its course and regain its balance again.
- The team will play in the second leg matches of the World Cup Qualifiers in October and November.