Athletes stress the importance of the next two rounds of World Cup qualifiers.. They affirm:

A victory over Iran will make a big jump in the ranking of the world's declining team

• The team drew with its Lebanese guest in the first round of the World Cup qualifiers.

  Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

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Athletes attributed the decline of the national football team’s ranking one place in the FIFA rankings for the month of September to 69th in the world, instead of 68 in the rankings last August, to the failure to achieve a victory in one of its matches against Lebanon and Syria in the first and second rounds for the first group in the decisive role For the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, Al-Abyad tied in both of them and scored only two points out of six, stressing the importance of preparing well for the matches of Iran and Iraq on the seventh and 12th of next month, respectively, in the third and fourth rounds of the qualifiers, to compensate for the lost points and not to waste any Point, since that would make it difficult for him to compete.

They told Al-Emarat Al-Youm: "The team must focus during the next stage of the World Cup qualifiers in providing good results, collecting points and outperforming its competitors, and it will automatically improve its ranking in the global ranking of international teams, and in the event of a victory over the Iranian team, it will make a big leap in His ranking in the world, given the Iranian national team’s ranking in 22nd place.

The team had obtained the highest world ranking in its history in November 1998, as it ranked 42 in the world before falling back in recent years.

For his part, a member of the board of directors of Dibba Al-Fujairah Club and director of the club’s first football team, Juma Al-Abdouli, confirmed that “the decline in the team’s ranking in the world came due to the poor results in the World Cup qualifiers, and if it wins against Iran, it will raise its rating significantly,” stressing that “ The world ranking does not matter, but it is important to him that the results of the team be good,” stressing “the importance of the team’s good preparation for the Iran match and the need to redouble efforts and compensate for the points lost by the team in its previous two matches against the teams of Lebanon and Syria.”

He said, "I hope that we will stop thinking about the national team's rankings declining in the world and only think about preparing well for the upcoming matches in the World Cup qualifiers."

In turn, the former international player and legal advisor, Salem Hadid, saw that there is a great challenge awaiting the team in the next stage, noting that “the team put itself in a dilemma because it missed four points that were within its reach, but could not beat the two weakest teams in the group, Lebanon.” And Syria”, noting that despite the circumstances that the Lebanese and Syrian teams are going through in not playing in their stadiums in their countries, they embarrassed the team, noting that “the same previous mistakes are repeated every time”, wondering about the role of the technical committee in addressing such mistakes. So as not to be repeated, especially since the national team has very strong matches against Iran, Iraq and South Korea.

Salem Hadid added, "The team is on the verge of strong matches, so many things must be reconsidered so that the team can win the upcoming matches, given that any upcoming match is important for the team and will improve its ranking."

The former Assistant Secretary-General of the Football Association, Imran Abdullah, confirmed that things have become very difficult for the team and need a double effort, noting that there were 12 points available to the team from its matches against Lebanon and Syria back and forth, but he neglected in the previous two matches, considering that he was not Here is a good preparation for the two matches, noting that it is normal for the team to drop in the FIFA world rankings.

Imran Abdullah indicated that the upcoming matches against teams are not easy, such as Iran, Iraq and South Korea, suggesting that the league be postponed and give the team the opportunity to prepare for the matches of Iran and Iraq, pointing at the same time to the importance of keeping players away from any psychological pressure, as well as preparing striker Ali Mabkhout until be at its best.

69 position occupied by the national team in the world in the FIFA rankings for the month of September.

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