He called for the formation of a committee to examine the negatives facing the national team

Ismail Matar: "We are bored" of talk ... and the football system needs to be revised

Ismail Matar has a distinguished and long career with the national team.

Photography: Eric Arazas

The veteran captain of Al-Wehda team, Ismail Matar, called for the formation of a committee to talk about the future of Emirati football and discuss the negatives facing the national team, against the background of the dismissal of the white coach, Colombian Pinto.

Matar said, in a press statement after the tie with Al Dhafra in the eighth round of the Arab Gulf League, the day before yesterday: It is easy for everyone to express their opinion, but we are tired of talking, we want something new, we no longer have anything new but words.

He pointed out, "I do not defend a specific party, nor do I blame a specific official, the whole football system needs to be reviewed."

He added: “Since I was 18 years old, and I have been playing in the senior national team, and during those long years, and I hear the same words to this day, there is nothing new to talk about. They hired a coach and fired him, each one provides justification for himself, not for the public good. ».

He pointed out: "Whoever wants to hear Matar’s words must sit with him. The solution to problems is not the place of the media, and did anything change when we talked a lot?"

The unit commander explained: “Whoever responds to the interest of the Emirates should call for a discussion and consultation session. After all these years in which I practiced football, and the number of coaches I have dealt with, do I not have things to present to the officials, and they can benefit from them.”

He concluded: "This is the right time to form that committee, and listen to the players, because they are an essential part of the system."

He pointed out that some foreign federations in different games hold a session with the players before any new decisions.

He said, "It is not necessary for you to take their opinion as a responsible person, but the important thing is to listen to them. Why do we not learn from these positions if we mean the public good?"

He asked, "Is it reasonable, since 1996, when we have been talking about the problem of the national team in the players?"

Believe me, there is no player who does not like to learn all the time, and every player hopes to defend the colors of his country's national team shirt. The player needs someone to teach him, and they listen to the best coaches in the world, and they will say that they learn something new every day, because it is a sport that comes every day. New ».

And Abizaid: "Your love for something drives you to learn, and we have not learned, because whoever learns does not repeat his mistakes, the mistakes that any team are exposed to are supposed to be new, not repeated."

• Whoever wants to hear Matar’s words, he must sit with him .. Solving problems is not the place of the media.

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