Athletes confirmed that the first-stage program that was established for the national football team, and includes setting up periods of three stages that will end in next September with a total of 38 days, along with some friendly matches that he may run before facing the Malaysia team on the eighth of next October, are sufficient to prepare the team for the matches Remaining in the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup in the seventh group that includes alongside Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, warning that different training schools between the team and clubs threaten the national team and increase their risk of injuries, due to the difference in training loads, Likewise, the method, intensity and quality of these loads, especially since these players have been away from the stadiums for long periods since last March 15, indicating that the most important concern that occupies the new coach Pinto is to get the team to the maximum levels of readiness required from all sides, and to restore the team again in the wake of His previous results fell during the qualifiers after suffering two losses and losing six important points, in addition to enhancing the players ’confidence in themselves again, especially as Joe Trio Sebastian Tigali, Caio Canedo and Fabio de Lima will be offensive from the side for the team with the presence of Omar Abdel Rahman and Ali Mabkhout.
They told «Emirates Today»: «The new coach of the Colombian national team, Pinto undoubtedly needs more time to get to know the players more closely, as he focuses on increasing training doses in order to apply his style and training thought and make the players absorb his method as soon as possible, so that he can Fixing the style and variety of games that the World Cup qualifiers will play in, and this is the most important for the team ».
The team finished the first stage of the preparation program during an internal camp in Al Ain that lasted for six days from 22nd of this month until 27th of it, while it will run in an external camp in Europe during the period from the 1st to the 23rd of next August, and will gather for the third time in the period from the first to the ninth of September Next, knowing that the technical staff did not disclose the program of the last preparation phase before confronting Malaysia.
The team will play its remaining four matches in the Group Seven qualifiers during the coming October and November, as it will play on the eighth and thirteenth of next October, respectively, the upcoming matches against Malaysia and Indonesia, while the last two matches against Thailand and Vietnam, respectively, on the 12th and 17th of next November. .
The team occupies fourth place in the Group Seven teams, with six points from four matches played against Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
For his part, former MFA board member and technical analyst, Mohamed Matar Ghorab, emphasized that the risk in the matter of preparing the team lies in the process of changing training and training schools between the team and the club to which the player belongs, and that the quality, method and intensity of training, as well as training loads vary from The club is up to the national team, considering that all of these matters require greater coordination between the Football Association and the clubs and an understanding of the roles well so that no other factors affect the players, and cause injuries that lead to the loss of players at this sensitive time for the team, as well as for the clubs.
He added: "During this period of the preparation program, it is assumed that the players reach the required readiness to play the qualifiers, especially since the players started preparing in mid-July from the moment they joined the training with their clubs, not with the team."
The former national team coach, Dr. Abdullah Misfer, stressed that the preparation period set by the technical staff of the team and the different preparation stages starting from regular training and running two games in the days of “FIFA” is sufficient to prepare the team as required to meet the next challenge in these qualifiers, indicating that the device The technician may also consider competing in friendly matches even with clubs to determine the readiness and consistency of players and give them the opportunity to play in these games, so that he can also rediscover them until the stage of understanding, harmony and required preparedness.
Abdullah Misfer added: "The issue of players' injuries is a natural thing for soccer players, and I think with the correct and continuous work through the full technical staff and physical equipment for the players, things will go as required, and the coach can do a lot in this period."
For his part, the former director of Al-Nasr team, Khaled Obaid, confirmed that «there are coaches who prefer to reduce friendly games, focus on regular exercises and increase their dose, and perform internal divisions between players to implement their style and playing plans, and I think this is what Pinto will work with the team» .
Khaled Obaid said that the players stopped playing for long periods, forcing the coach to reduce friendly matches, because it is difficult for the team players during the first period of the preparation program to play friendly matches, but the best is to enter gradually into the atmosphere of the matches, since the players were away for long periods from Matches.