Athletes: The absence of a strategic plan for the teams of the Sunni stages threatens the future of Emirati football

The youth and Olympic teams have been without a coach or grouping for 11 months

• The Olympic team has not gathered together since last January.

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Athletes have strongly criticized the absence of planning for national teams, and the lack of any gatherings or coaches for national teams, especially the Olympic team that has not gathered for 11 months, and the youth team that has not appeared since last February, especially since they are the main pillars of the first team. Football today, the name of the new coach who will lead him in the coming period, succeeding the Colombian coach, Jorge Pinto, and they told «Emirates Today» that the absence of a strategic plan for national teams at all ages threatens the future of Emirati football, especially since the average age of the first team players Over 30 years old.

The last match for the Olympic team was on January 19, 2020, in the AFC U-23 Championship, against Uzbekistan, and Al-White lost it 5-1, and then bid farewell to the qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics, after which the Olympic team did not appear, and the Polish coach, Maciej Skorza, was dismissed while he was The last appearance of the youth team, on February 21, in the Arab Cup in Saudi Arabia against Libya, and lost it 2-1, and the team, which was led by the Greek Nicholas Columbordas, disappeared after this tournament.

The athletes called on the national teams committee to announce its plan and strategy, especially since it took over the leadership for more than seven months, and no prospects for the future of the national teams have yet been announced, stressing that having a base for the first team and building strong national teams in all Sunni stages will provide stability. For the national teams during the coming period.

Lack of vision and proper planning

The sports analyst, Muhammad Matar Ghurab, confirmed that “the absence of a vision, proper planning and clear goals in anything, loses its importance, scheduling and real place, with regard to the national teams, and the most important talk is about the youth and Olympic teams because they are the base of the senior team, and neglecting this aspect is a waste for the future ».

He added: “The Olympic team and the youth team are the base of the first team, so they should have a schedule, gatherings and matches, even if they do not have official participation, and there should be friendly matches, and regulations that serve their participation in the reserve league, the professional league or even the division league. The first, and these regulations should not be neglected because neglecting them is a waste for the future, and we must not overlook this particular aspect, and matters must be present and ready from international friendly lists and matches, because these teams are the base of the first national team.

Ghorab said: “Talking about the Olympic team and the youth team is more important than the first team, especially for us here in the UAE, because of the high age of the first team players, which confirms the inevitability of the substitute player, and these are the basic matters that must be taken into account in the Olympic and first teams. ».

Negative point

The former Ajman team player, the players' business agent, Hamad Al-Dossary, confirmed that the absence of an Olympic team for more than a year, which is the main resource for the first team, in light of the presence of players with an average age of over 30 years, is a very negative point for the national teams.

Al-Dossary said: “There is a defect when talking about the national teams, in addition to that the reserve league product is very weak, and the age group born in 1999 and 1998 was not taken into consideration, so the gap between youth and the first team stage became large, due to the lack of graduation. The emerging player in the stages before reaching the first team, besides the resident player controlling the lineup of most teams in the First Division and the reserve league. ”Al-Dossary added:“ The reserve league must be reorganized and well organized with media support. By televising, so that the young player, who does not get the opportunity to play in the first team, can play in the 23-year League, and through it, a large number of talented players will be discovered instead of their presence in the dialogue stadiums and regions.

The loss of Khalil and Makhoot's alternatives

For his part, former member of the National Teams Committee, Hassan Suhail, was surprised that the national teams program, which was previously prepared for four years, had stopped, after the Olympic team lost in the Asian qualifiers, and the features of any new plan were lost, indicating that the lack of clarity and lack of planning, lost the attackers They were planned to be substitutes for Ahmed Khalil and Ali Mabkhout, due to their lack of presence in the squad of their teams in the Arabian Gulf League.

Hassan Suhail added: “There are two attackers who were planned to be distinguished players, namely Bani Yas player Mohammed Rashid Al Hammadi and Fujairah player Ali Eid, and they are distinguished attackers, but they disappeared due to the lack of a place for them to play in their teams, due to the policy of relying on foreign attackers, That is pursued by most of the Arab Gulf League clubs, and there are no friendly gatherings or matches for the Olympic team.

He said: “We have put in place a four-year plan in all national teams, from the first to the junior, for friendly matches and rallies, even in the absence of participation, but work has been suspended with the new committee taking over, and it is required to reveal its plan for Sports Street, and its goal in the coming period. ».

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