Athletes: Al-Abyad hosts 3 matches ... and they confirm:

The team entitled to host the World Cup qualifiers ... 4 Benefits if they are held in the Emirates

  • The national team ranks fourth in its group in the double qualifiers, before 4 confrontations over the determination of the fate.

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Athletes have confirmed the national football team's eligibility to host the remaining matches in its group, as part of the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, scheduled from the third to the 15th of next June, because it would have hosted three matches on its home soil before the AFC decision to hold the qualifiers. With the system of gathering in one place instead of the home and away system, indicating that the UAE’s hosting of the qualifiers will bring many benefits to the team, including ensuring playing in the stadiums they are accustomed to, which greatly enhances their chances of qualifying for the second round, in addition to the advantage of the atmosphere and weather, in addition to that The team will ensure playing in stadiums of high quality and efficiency, in addition to that holding matches in the country will make the national team players feel a great psychological comfort that contributes to raising the spirits, in addition to that playing in the Emirates will relieve players from the suffering of travel and transportation, stressing that the capabilities available in the country, whether In terms of stadiums, or mission accommodation, and ensuring a high-level health protocol, we have the best and best chances to host this event.

They told "Emirates Today": "The right of the national team to host the matches of its group should not be neglected, since hosting them could strongly enhance its chances of winning the qualifying card for the second round."

Finally, the Football Association announced its official progress by hosting the previous group matches, by presenting an integrated file that meets all the conditions, standards and requirements set by the Confederation in this regard, whether in terms of training, match stadiums, the headquarters of the missions, and others in addition to a health protocol characterized by high quality Ensures the safety of all qualifying participants.

The AFC has set the fifth of this March as the deadline for submitting requests to host the qualifying matches, while the 15th of the same month has set the date for the announcement of the host countries for their group matches.

The national team ranks fourth with six points and has four matches remaining, including three scheduled for home against Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, and one away from home against Indonesia.

"Hosting the national team is an excellent thing, and it gives the team several advantages, such as the advantage of the land and the weather, and it also saves on the suffering of transportation and travel," said the former Olympic team coach, Eid Bauort, and this is positively reflected on the national team in these qualifiers and enhances its chances of qualifying. .

Barwat stressed that the national team would not be negligent in hosting the national teams of his group.

For his part, the former Olympic team coach, Abdul Majeed Al-Nimr, said: “This matter will have great psychological repercussions on the players,” indicating that he hopes that health conditions will improve and the public will return to the stadiums, so that the national team will benefit from the workers of the land and the public, in case The audience returned to the stands at that time. ”

He added, "There are also physical benefits that will accrue to the players, through the appropriate timing of the matches, and not traveling and moving from one country to another."

Al-Nimr stressed the importance of the national team benefiting from all the circumstances that would be available to it in the event that it hosted the matches of its group, stressing his optimism about the national team's ability to skip this stage and cross to the next round.

The goalkeeper supervisor at the Sharjah Club Academy and former coach of the national team goalkeepers, Hassan Ismail, said, “The team’s hosting of its group matches gives it more than an additional advantage, as the players are accustomed to playing in local stadiums in the UAE, in addition to the fact that these stadiums are among the best stadiums on the ground. The level of the world, while the stadiums of the other teams in the national team, are not as efficient as the stadiums of the Emirates themselves ».

He added, "The national team will provide great suffering that it will suffer if the group matches are held in another country."

Benefits of hosting group matches:

1- The advantage of the atmosphere and the weather and getting used to it.

2- Ensuring playing in highly qualified stadiums, unlike playing in the stadiums of another country that does not have a distinctive playing field.

3- The players will feel very comfortable playing on their home turf.

4- Resting the players physically from the suffering of travel and transportation.

• March 15 is the date for announcing the host countries.

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