It included 31 players, including an 18-year-old, and the continued absence of Amouri, Rain and Khalil

Athletes: Marvik mixed experience with young blood in the new team roster

The national team faces Iraq in a friendly way on January 12th.

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Yesterday, the FIFA Teams and Technical Affairs Committee approved the new expanded list for the first national team, submitted by the Dutch coach, Van Marwijk, which included 31 players, provided that the final list will be announced after the end of the 12th week of the Arab Gulf League matches, especially as This camp comes in preparation for the internal gathering that will be held in Dubai from the third to the 12th of next January, within the framework of Al-Abyad's preparations for the joint qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup Finals and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, which will start next March, noting that the team will play a friendly match during the camp against Iraq On January 12th, while athletes asserted that the new list is logical and mixed between experienced elements and young blood, and included the most prominent faces in the league now.

They told "Emirates Today": "Marvik chose in the new list most of the names known to him during his leadership of the national team in a previous period."

The list included 23 young players, compared to eight players over the age of 30 years, namely: Khaled Issa, Khasif, Adel Al Hosani, Walid Abbas, Tigali, Youssef Jaber, Mahmoud Khamis and Tariq Ahmed.

The list witnessed the inclusion of some faces, including Fahad Al-Dhanhani, Bani Yas goalkeeper, and his colleague Hassan Al-Mahrami, as well as goalkeeper Muhammad Al-Shamsi, along with Al-Jazeera player Zayed Al-Amiri, and Al-Ahly youth players Hareb Abdullah Suhail, who is the youngest in the team (18 years), and Abdullah Al-Naqbi .

The new list was also devoid of Al-Jazira player Omar Abdel Rahman, Al-Wehda captain Ismail Matar, as well as Al-Ahly youth striker Ahmed Khalil.

The list included the players: Khaled Issa, Ali Khasif, Fahd Al-Dhanhani, Adel Al Hosani, Mohammed Al-Shamsi, Bandar Al-Ahbabi, Mohammed Barghash, Salem Rashid, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Shaheen Abdul Rahman, Hassan Al-Mahrami, Ahmed Rashid, Walid Abbas, Mahmoud Khamis, Youssef Jaber, Majed Sorour, Majed Hassan, Ali Salmeen, Tariq Ahmed, Abdullah Ramadan, Abdullah Al Naqbi, Khalil Al Hammadi, Fabio de Lima, Khalfan Mubarak, Tahnoun Al Zaabi, Ali Saleh, Kayo Canaido, Hareb Abdullah Suhail, Ali Mabkhout, Specialian Tigali, and Zayed Al Ameri.

The White plays in Group G, which includes Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, knowing that he has so far scored six points from four matches.

The coach of the Olympic team and the former Sharjah Club reserve team, Abdul Majeed Al-Nimr, confirmed that the new list, although it was devoid of some faces that were worth choosing, such as the Sharjah players Khaled Al-Dhanhani and Khaled Bawazir, but it is closer to logic as it mixed the elements with great experience and young blood.

In turn, the former director of the football team at Al-Nasr Club, Khaled Obeid, confirmed that coach Marvik chose most of the names known to him in the new list, and relied on the elements that he believes he is confident of their return during the coming period, considering that the names that have been chosen are currently distinguished in the league , And she was present with her teams and is the most appropriate.

For his part, the former Olympic team coach, Ali Ibrahim, confirmed that the new list is very convincing for him, as it included the most ready players currently in the league, and that the selection came according to the positions needed by the team.

Ali ibrahim:

• "The list is compelling, as it included the most ready players."

Abdul Majeed Al-Nimr:

• "Marvik's choices were devoid of names that were worthy of existence."

Khaled Obaid:

• "Marvik chose most of the names known to him."

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