Athletes said that the coach is required to do a lot with Al-Abyad ... and they confirm:

The national team is without "defense or attack" ... and the youth are the only gain from Uzbekistan's friendliness

  • Faris Jumaa during the national team match and Uzbekistan.

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Athletes said that the friendly match that the national football team fought against its Uzbek counterpart, and ended in favor of the latter 1-2 at the end of the White House camp in Dubai, last Monday, provided many lessons, and revealed many gaps in the ranks of the Whites, especially in attack and defense.

They stressed that coach Jorge Pinto is required to do a lot of work in the coming period, to correct the situation before the resumption of the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup Finals and the 2023 Asian Finals scheduled in the first months of next year.

In an interview with Emirates Today, the athletes said that at a time when naive defensive mistakes continued, as well as the absence of offensive effectiveness to the point that the team appeared without defense or attack in the Uzbekistan match, the most prominent point and the only gain was to push young players who performed well in the match.

They emphasized that among the most prominent technical gaps is the repetition of defensive mistakes that caused the two goals of the Uzbek national team in the net of goalkeeper Khaled Issa, and the modest level that the attack appeared despite the presence of prominent attackers, Tigali and Fabio Lima, in addition to the absence of the fighting spirit inside the stadium, the divergence of the lines, and the team's lack of a plan And a clear technical touch by coach Pinto.

They emphasized that the coach has a lot of work to do to find the appropriate combination, in addition to achieving the required harmony between veterans, newcomers and youth, in addition to communicating his plan in the required manner to the players.

"The Uzbekistan match is a useful and successful experience," said the former coach of the national team, Dr. Abdullah Mesfer, noting that this is the first match for both Tigali and Lima, in addition to the return of some players to play after a long period of absence, such as Abdulaziz Haykal and Faris Juma.

He stressed that the great benefit of the experience was that it showed important technical observations at the level of defense and attack, and enabled the coach to follow players he had never seen before in any official or friendly match.

Mesfer Al-Dafa described the young players in the second half, such as Hareb Abdullah, Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Salem Rashid and Muhammad Al-Attas, as a positive thing, indicating that the coach definitely took a good idea about these players and the possibility of benefiting from them in the coming period.

For his part, a former FIFA board member and technical analyst at Dubai Sports Channel, Mohammed Matar Ghorab, said that the team is in a trial phase.

He explained that, "In light of the big names currently in the national team, the technical response was supposed to be better than what we saw, and the players did not show the supposed fighting spirit, but in general the match revealed the lack of readiness of most of the players, due to their long distance from playing."

He continued, "But at the same time, those who participated with their teams in the Asian championship are supposed to be more ready, at least in terms of form."

In turn, the former Olympic team coach, Ali Ibrahim, affirmed that "it is difficult to judge coach Pinto and the players through the Uzbekistan match, as it is the first meeting of the new coach, and the first for the team after a very long period of hiatus."

He added: "The team in general did not give any good impression, but an excuse can be found in that, as it comes in exceptional circumstances due to the Corona pandemic, and also because of the absence of five influential elements, such as Omar Abdel Rahman, Ahmed Khalil, Ali Mabkhout, Majid Hassan and Bandar Al-Ahbabi."

He added: “One of the most prominent technical observations is the divergence of the national team’s lines, in exchange for complete control of the Uzbek team, and the naive and repeated defensive mistakes, in addition to the fact that the striker Tigali was isolated in the attack line, and the team was playing normally, and he did not have a clear plan during the match, Besides, the midfield, which included Khamis Ismail, Ahmed Berman and Khalfan Mubarak, had no clear role, whether in the defensive or offensive aspects.

He also said: "The national team needs a lot of work in the coming period and strong parties on the field, and the three centers need effective elements."

Ali Ibrahim considered that the young elements that the coach paid for in the second half gave a good impression and a glimmer of hope that there are good materials for the team.

Highlights of Technical Notes from Friendly Uzbekistan:

1- naive defensive fouls.

2- Weak offensive effectiveness.

3- The absence of fighting spirit inside the stadium.

4- Spacing the national team lines.

5- The lack of Al-Abyad is a clear plan.

6- The absence of a defensive or offensive role for the midfield.

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Binto made his first match with the national team against Uzbekistan, and he missed important elements such as Ali Mabkhout, Omar Abdel Rahman and Ahmed Khalil.

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