He confirmed that "white" has returned to normal

Yasser Salem: 90% of the followers expected that the team would not qualify for the third stage

• Ali Mabkhout scored the national team's second goal against Vietnam from a penalty kick.

  Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

• With Al-Sahlawi's staff, Ali Salmin celebrates with his colleagues after scoring the goal in Vietnam.

  Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

• Yasser Salem: "The players were up to the responsibility, and they fought on the field to advance from fourth to first."

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The director of the national football team, Yasser Salem, confirmed that “Al-Abyad” achieved what was required of it by qualifying for the third stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, along with its qualification for the 2023 Asian Cup, pointing out that 90% of the followers were expecting that the team would not qualify for the decisive stage of the qualifiers. World Cup.

Salem said in a press statement that the team reaped many benefits after being ranked in Group G, explaining that “the team gained several benefits, the most important of which is that football is not impossible, as the team was ranked fourth, and 90% of the followers expected the team to leave, While I see that the young players get along very well with the players who have great experience.”

He added: “The players were up to the responsibility, and they fought on the field in the four matches to advance from fourth to first place, and I think that the decision of the Football Association to sign Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk is a very important decision, as he is a world coach and has great experience, and there is no doubt its impact. The team is clear and important.”

He continued, “We must not forget that we are at the end of the season, in addition to the Al-Ahly, Sharjah and Al-Wahda clubs participating in the group stage of the AFC Champions League, and played six matches in 14 days, and there is a state of great stress among the players, so we must thank them for the effort they made. They did it during the matches.

Yasser Salem indicated that what the team has reached is the natural situation of the team, and said: “From the beginning, the UAE team should have been in the first place, on the other hand, the next stage will undoubtedly be more difficult, and we must prepare better, as all teams are developing In a big way, we have faced difficult circumstances in the last period, and we are happy that we have overcome this stage, and won four final matches.”

He added: “The performance is good, and there was an escalation in all the matches, and there may have been some decline in the last ten minutes against Vietnam, but the players and the effort they made must be commended, and we thank the fans for their strong presence in the stands and their support for the team, and despite the presence of a percentage of 30% of the stands, the impact of the audience was very positive.”

He concluded his statements by saying: "The team has developed greatly and there is a formation of an identity for the team through the way of playing and building attacks, and I believe that the team is able to develop in the next stage by going through a good preparation period and playing a number of strong friendly matches."

Al-Sahlawi: I hope Ali Salmin gets his media right

The Second Vice President of the Football Association, Chairman of the Technical Committee and National Teams, Youssef Al-Sahlawi, praised the national team’s return in the four matches that the team played in the second leg of the second phase of the double qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, noting that midfielder Ali Salmin is one of the most prominent stars of “Al-Abyad”. » In the matches that the team played, and he hoped to get his right of media support.

Al-Sahlawi said in a press statement, “Ali Salmeen is a great star and he appeared at a very good level in all matches, and he plays at a consistent level, and I hope that he gets his right in the media aspect, and the same is true for all the players who were stars and played a great match against Vietnam, and we are happy That our efforts be crowned by qualifying for the decisive stage of the World Cup qualifiers.”

He added, "We played the four matches and we did not have compromises, and we should only win, while I think that the preparation period was perfect in all respects, especially in terms of the players' commitment and the good relationship with the coach."

He continued, "The thing that pleased us is that the players were able to restore the public's confidence in their capabilities and their love for their country, and we can say that the UAE national team has started a new stage, and I expect with more preparation and preparation that this team will have a great deal."

He explained, "We are happy that we played a good match, and perhaps the result in the last minutes made us anxious, and this is a lesson to the players that the game in general should be our focus in the 90 minutes."

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