They stressed the importance of his presence with the national team, even if his readiness was 50%

Athletes: The Football Association is required to reveal the fact that "Amouri" is excluded

• Amouri was not called up to the national team's list of 29 players.

  ■ Emirates Today

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The athletes of the Football Association and the National Teams Committee asked to reveal the real reason behind the exclusion of the player of Al-Jazira International Club, Omar Abdul-Rahman, from the new list of Al-Abyad, which started an indoor camp in Dubai.

In preparation for the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, pointing out that “Amouri” is currently the number one player in Emirates football, and his presence is influential because it makes the difference, explaining that the absence of his name from the list announced by the white coach, Jorge Luis Pinto The day before yesterday, it included 29 players, which is a big question mark at this important and sensitive time, as they say.

They told "Emirates Today": "Previously, players have been called up for the national team who did not participate with their teams in the league except in a few matches," stressing "the importance of being called up even if the percentage of his readiness does not exceed 50%."

They explained: "Although we do not know the circumstances that led to his exclusion, Sports Street has the right to know the reason for excluding a great player like Amouri, and what kind of injury he suffered if he was injured," especially since Amouri participated as a key player in his team's last friendly match that was held before Days at Al Wasl Stadium in Zabeel ended with the victory of Al Jazira with a clean goal, as part of the two teams' preparations for the new sports season, and the only goal of the match was scored by substitute Zayed Al Amiri from a through pass.

The Football Association stated on its official page via Twitter that “A number of players who participated in the Serbia camp due to injury conditions and lack of readiness are absent from the ranks, including Omar Abdul-Rahman,” without specifying whether Amouri was excluded from injury or technical reasons. An official response can be obtained from the Football Association.

For his part, former national team player and legal advisor Salem Hadid asserted that “Amouri is the star of Emirati football stars and his presence in the national team is very important and influential,” calling on the Football Association and the National Teams Committee to deal with all transparency and clearly disclose the reason for his exclusion from the national team, especially in this regard. Timing is important and sensitive.

Salem Hadid added: "We want to know what Amouri's injury is if he was injured, and if the reason was not ready, this is an unconvincing justification, because players have already been called up for the national team who did not participate with their clubs in the league except in one or several matches." .

In turn, former director of the football team at Al-Nasr Club, Khaled Obeid, affirmed that "there is no dispute that Amouri is a weighty player in the national team and that he is excluded from the new list may be a technical decision by the coach of the national team to provide the opportunity for other players."

He said, "The public has the right to ask about the reason for excluding the player," stressing that there is no fear for the national team, as there is a long period of time to prepare the team for the upcoming benefits.

Khaled Obaid added: “Before choosing the list, there is communication by the coach and the administrative apparatus of the team with the concerned clubs to know the readiness of the players who are included in the selection for the coach or not, and that they know and study the status of each player before he is selected for the team, and besides that, the clubs concerned clarify in a message. Official of the Football Association, the condition of its players, whether they are injured or in a state of treatment and others ».

As for the former Olympic team coach, Abdul Majeed Al-Nimr, he said: "We do not know the circumstances that led to the exclusion of an important and influential player who made an addition to the team, like Amouri, from the national team, as he is currently the number one star in the Emirates."

Al-Nimr added, "We are speaking in general for the sake of the national team. No two people disagree that Amouri is one of the most important elements in the national team in the recent period, along with some other elements in the national team."

He continued: “If his enslavement was due to injury, then we are with this decision, but if the decision was to exclude him for lack of readiness, then we are not with this decision, but with his presence in the national team, even if his readiness rate was 50%, and we have seen players in the national team who did not participate with their teams in the league, Therefore, Amouri was supposed to be with the national team, especially during this period, especially since he participated in friendly matches with his team.

National team roster

Ali Khasif, Khaled Issa, Adel Al Hosani, Muhammad Barghash, Abdulaziz Heikal, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Muhammad Marzouq, Ismail Ahmed, Walid Abbas, Faris Juma, Youssef Jaber, Salem Rashid, Khamis Ismail, Majed Sorour, Tariq Ahmed, Muhammad Al-Attas, Ahmed Berman , Fabio de Lima, Jassim Yaqoub, Bandar Al-Ahbabi, Khalfan Mubarak, Khaled Bawazeer, Tahnoun Al Zaabi, Khalil Al Hammadi, Caio Canedo, Hareb Abdullah Suhail, Ali Mabkhout, Ahmed Khalil, Sebastian Tigali.

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