The Lebanese national team prepared early for “Al-Abyad” by setting up a closed camp in Dubai

9 professionals and Hashek's experience, the most prominent weapons of the "Cedar Men" to confront the UAE

The Lebanese national team beat Fujairah with two goals without a response the day before yesterday in Dubai.

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The national football team will play an important confrontation at the beginning of the team’s journey in the third phase of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers when it meets Lebanon in the first round in the first group matches, next Thursday, at Al-Wasl Stadium in Zabeel, despite the difficulty of the “Rice Men” task in the group that includes The teams of South Korea, Iran, Iraq and Syria, the team is betting on the experience of Czech coach Ivan Hashek and the joining of nine professional players to the list to compete in the first and second rounds of the qualifiers against the UAE and South Korea.

Coach Hashek has great experience in Emirati football, as his relationship with clubs in the country began by taking over the training of Al Wasl in 2005, while he led Al-Ahly youth under his former name (Al-Ahly) twice: the first in 2007 to 2009 and achieved remarkable achievements, most notably winning the two league titles and the President’s Cup along with Qualification for the Club World Cup, the second time in 2011, while the Czech coach trained Fujairah twice: the first in 2014 to 2016 and the second in 2018 to 2020, and he also trained the Emirates in the 2016-2017 season.

Hashek, who was appointed last July, announced the list of "Men of the Cedars", which included 22 players: Ali Daher, Ali Al-Sabaa, Mustafa Matar, Hadi Mortada, Qassem Al-Zain, Mohammed Al-Hayek, Hussein Mortada, Abbas Assi, Nour Mansour, Mohammed Zain Tahan, Hussein Zain, Youssef Barakat, Hassan Sorour and Walid Shore. Zain Farran, Muhammad Haider, Mahdi Zain, Hassan Shaito (Money), Majid Othman, Hilal Al-Helweh, Karim Darwish and Muhammad Kdouh, while the Czech coach bets on nine professional players: former Al-Nassr player Joan Al-Omari (FC Tokyo, Japan), George Melki (Eskilstuna, Sweden), Robert Malki (Al Shahaniya, Qatar), Basil Jaradi (Apollon Limassol of Cyprus), Hassan Saad “Sony” (Al Wehdat of Jordan), Nader Matar (Muaither of Qatar), Rabie Ataya (Kidah of Malaysia), Omar Shaban Bugil (Sutton United, England), and the new name Hadi Ghandour, 21, is a striker for Charlton Athletic.

The Lebanese national team prepared early to face the national team, by entering a closed camp in Dubai since August 23, as the "Cedar Men" had its last friendly experience, the day before yesterday, by defeating Fujairah with two goals without a response scored by Hassan Shaito.

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