Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup will begin next March

Experts define 6 solutions to "save what can be saved" in the national team

The national team lost to Bahrain 1-3 in a friendly match the day before yesterday.

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The national football team concluded, the day before yesterday, its internal camp in Dubai, which has continued since the ninth of this month, with a great loss during its international friendly match against its Bahraini counterpart by three goals to one, which is the third friendly match for "Al-White" during the era of the new Colombian coach. Jorge Luis Pinto, after his previous two matches against Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and conceded the net in the three matches, seven goals, compared to five goals he scored.

During his three matches, Al-Abyad did not provide the convincing performance of Sports Street, which began to live in a state of anxiety due to the lackluster level and shaky image that he continued to appear in the framework of his preparations for the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup.

It is noteworthy that the new date for the joint qualifications was finally set, after it was postponed due to the outbreak of the Corona virus, as the seventh and eighth rounds will be held next March, and the ninth and tenth rounds in June 2021, with the final round matches to start in September 2021.

The team ranks fourth in Group G with six points, as it played four matches, winning two matches against Malaysia and Indonesia, losing the same against Vietnam and Thailand, and leaving four matches against Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand.

The march of the UAE national team has witnessed, in the past period, a number of development points made by the Football Association, represented by the naturalization of three players, namely: Caio Canedo, Sebastian Tigali and Fabio de Lima, and contracting with a new coach, Colombian Pinto, and the formation of a new teams committee headed by Youssef Hassan Al Sahlawi In addition to the national teams committee reviewing the issue of the preparation camps for the national team, it included internal and external preparation camps in Serbia.

However, this development has not been reflected in the team’s performance so far, and the team remained unconvincing in its appearance during friendly matches, and is still playing in the previous squad during the reign of the former coach, Mahdi Ali, as well as not choosing the most appropriate and ready elements, for example the captain of Al-Wehda team, Ismail Matar. , Who was not chosen, despite his prominence and brilliance in the league with his Al-Wehda team, in addition to the coach's dependence in most of his choices on reserve players with their teams in the league, as well as the fact that some of them are old and over 30 years old, in addition to the lack of consistency in the basic lineup, And the absence of communication between the national team and the public, as well as between the Football Association and the public, and the uncertainty at work. For example, no official in the Football Association and the National Teams Committee has come out so far to explain the reasons for not choosing a veteran player such as Ismail Matar, who is considered one of the most prominent stars in UAE football. .

Save what can be saved

Athletes identified a number of solutions to the problems that the national team suffers, with the aim of saving what can be saved, and adhering to its chance to qualify for the World Cup, which was to open the door for communication between the National Teams Committee, the Sports Street and the public, and choose the most distinguished elements in the league, the most capable of making a difference and playing matches Friendly with strong teams, speeding up the process of establishing the basic formation, and increasing the communication process between coach Pinto and the media, to answer questions from the street sports and discuss all matters related to the team’s career, review the way in which coach Pinto plays now, and reconsider Complete national team preparation program, even if at the expense of local competitions.

The athletes told "Emirates Today" that "the national team needs a full evaluation in all matters pertaining to it, whether in terms of the choices of the players or the way of playing that coach Pinto adopts."

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