«Emirates Today» learned that the Colombian coach, Jorge Luis Pinto, prefers between traveling to Florida in the United States of America and traveling from Miami airport to Dubai, or heading to the “transit” option, and traveling from Bogota airport in Colombia to the Spanish capital Madrid, then heading To Dubai.
A source close to the coach, who recently took over the national team, confirmed that Pinto was close to settling his travel date to the Emirates, noting that the Colombian coach, by a large percentage, will arrive in the country next week.
The source said: «Pinto is trying to reach the Emirates well before the start of the first gathering of the national team, especially after the Football Association announced that the first gathering of white will be from 22 to 27 this month, to conduct medical examinations and physical preparation.
He pointed out that Pinto, at the present time, is studying all the players of the national team, explaining: «The Colombian coach asked for detailed information about all the players of the team, in terms of the rate of their participation in the last season with their clubs, and the special physical numbers that explain his physical effort Each player, in addition to the statistics on the returns of each player on the field, in terms of the number of passes and shots, and all statistical numbers that contribute to enhancing the coach's knowledge of the players ».
He added: “Pinto studies the players of the team at a rate of up to four hours a day, as he watches some of the matches of the national team, in addition to some of the matches of the Arab Gulf League, and he analyzes the numbers of each player separately, through his assistants who specialize in such matters, in On the other hand, the Colombian coach did not lose sight of the teams that Al-Abyad will meet in the double qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup.
He continued, "He has already started studying Malaysia and Indonesia, especially since the national team will face the two teams on October 8 in the UAE, and 13 of the same month in Indonesia."
The source confirmed that Jorge Pinto will focus, at the beginning of his mission with «White», on the physical aspects, for two reasons: The first is that all players have stopped training for a long period of up to four months due to the pandemic of the new Corona virus, and its negative impact in most countries of the world, what He contributed to stopping the games and training in the country, and canceling the 2019-2020 season, and the second reason is that the coach noticed the decline in fitness rates in the recorded matches he witnessed, specifically in the second half, referring to the Colombian coach already depends on the physical strength in performance, which will focus It heavily with players.
It is worth mentioning that the Football Association’s Technical Team and Affairs Committee approved the first stage of the program for preparing the first national team, in preparation for the joint qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, scheduled for October and November, after coordination with the technical staff led by the Colombian Jorge Luis Pinto, as the first gathering of "Al Abyad" will be from July 22 to 27 in the country, for medical examinations and physical preparation, while the second gathering will be from the first to August 23 in a camp outside the country, and two friendly matches will take place, while the national team list will be announced in The coming days.
Preliminary procedures for the Colombian coach before arriving for the team's training
1- Requesting detailed information about all the national team players, and their participation in their clubs.
2- He analyzes the numbers for each player separately, through his assistants.
3- He studies Malaysia and Indonesia.
4- Monitor observations of low fitness rates in the recorded matches he has watched.
The national team will host Malaysia on October 8th, and Indonesia 13th of it
The first white rally will be from 22 to 27 this month.
The Colombian coach arrives in the country next week.