Experts wish for a quick return from injury, and confirm:

The absence of 6 players from the national team camp confuses Marvik's plans

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Experts confirmed that the absence of six members of the national football team at once from traveling to the Serbia camp and participating in the first preparation period to prepare the team, including influential players due to injuries such as Fabio de Lima, Ali Salmin, Khalfan Mubarak, Muhammad Al-Attas, Muhammad Juma Eid and Youssef Jaber due to a health problem, It confuses the plans of the technical staff of the national team led by Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk, especially at this important stage in the plan to prepare the team for its matches in the final round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, which begins with the meeting of Lebanon and Syria on the second and seventh of next September in the first group matches.

The experts hoped that the injuries of these players would be mild and that they would quickly return to order in the team, because among these players are elements that the sports street can rely on to make the difference in the team, which is striving hard to achieve a new achievement for Emirati football by winning the qualification card for the World Cup finals, noting that the absence of Any player, whether a starter or a substitute, will have an impact on the national team.

And they told «Emirates Today»: "Lima, Ali Salmin and Khalfan Mubarak are considered the most prominent among the six players who are absent from the team in the current gathering in Serbia, following their distinctive appearance with Al-Abyad, and they contributed strongly with the rest of their fellow players in qualifying the team for the final round in the qualifiers, so Their presence with the national team since the beginning of the preparation period is important.”

Coach Marvik summoned the players, Al-Hassan Saleh, Yahya Al-Ghasani and Zayed Al-Amri, to join the team and participate in the foreign camp in Serbia, while the team's list included 24 players.

The delegation of the national team left for Serbia last Friday, as the external preparation camp continues until the 13th of this month as part of the first phase in the team’s preparation plan, while the second phase will start from the 26th of this month and continue until the Lebanon match on the second of next month. And the former Olympic team coach, Abdul Majeed Al-Nimr, said that these players are very influential and are considered important elements, especially Lima, on whom everyone places great hopes in making a difference with the national team, during his expected appearance in the final round of the World Cup qualifiers, as well as the “Dynamo” team, Ali Salmin, who appeared in The last period at a remarkable technical level, and Khalfan Mubarak, who is the most prominent playmaker in the UAE League.

Abdul Majeed Al-Nimr considered that the absence of these players is an opportunity for the substitute players to prove their worth in case the team needs them at any time in light of the circumstances of injuries among the players of the team, indicating that he hopes that the injuries of these players will be light and that they quickly return to regularity in the team.

He said, "The coach of the national team has no other solution than to prepare substitutes, as the absence of one or two players affects the plans of the technical staff in the preparation process."

For his part, a member of the Board of Directors of the former Football Association and technical analyst in the Dubai Sports Channel, Muhammad Matar Ghorab, confirmed that any absence in the team, whether it is a key player or an alternative, affects the team, which is currently going through a different stage than the previous period.

He added, "The stage the team is going through undoubtedly requires that it be fully equipped and ready," noting that "the competing teams for the national team know a lot about the UAE team and the UAE league, as well as about the Emirati player, and therefore this matter makes the next stage in the team." It is not easy and it is a challenge for everyone, so it requires everyone to work together.”

Muhammad Matar Ghorab believed that even after these players return to the national team after recovering from injuries, their absence from training will lose them an important physical aspect.

In turn, the former Ajman coach, Abdel Wahab Abdel Qader, stressed the importance of the next stage that awaits the national team in the World Cup qualifiers, as it is radically different from the previous stage, due to the convergence of levels, noting that the presence of the players with the team in the past period gave them a certain impetus in harmony, and that the Serbia camp comes from In order to increase the process of harmony between the players, noting that players with experience, skill and high mentality such as Lima and Khalfan Mubarak will quickly adapt to coach Marvik's plans.

And the former Al-Bataeh coach, Noureddine Al-Obaidi, confirmed that “the absences will affect the coach’s work strategy, especially when the number of injured is rather high and includes key players such as Lima and Ali Salmeen, but the question that imposes itself is what caused these injuries and who bears their responsibilities, especially since the team is still in The preparation period”, describing this issue as important and that all parties from clubs and the team (the technical, administrative, medical staff and the player himself) must know the cause of these injuries in order to avoid such matters, stressing that at the same time the coach must find alternative solutions by expanding the margin of choice for players. And involve them all, whether in camps or friendlies, so that he is not surprised by such things.

The 6 players who missed the national team:

1- Fabio de Lima.

2- Khalfan Mubarak.

3- Ali Salmin.

4- Muhammad Al-Attas.

5- Muhammad Gomaa.

6- Youssef Jaber.

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