The Olympic team launches today the Asian qualifiers against Kyrgyzstan

From the Olympic team training in preparation for the qualifiers.

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The Olympic team will play its first match in the qualifiers for the AFC U-23 Cup at 4:50 pm today, against the Kyrgyzstan team, in the qualifiers to be held at the Fujairah International Stadium, after which the Oman and India match will be held at 20:30 pm. .

Al-Abyad is seeking a strong start to avoid any surprises, in order to qualify for the finals to be held next year in Uzbekistan, especially as it has a technical advantage over the teams of its fifth group.

The Olympic team has never faced its Kyrgyz counterpart in a previous match.

The team had recently participated in the West Asian Championship, which was held in Saudi Arabia, and defeated Lebanon by three, while losing to Palestine with one goal, and against Iraq with two clean goals.

The technical staff, led by the Spanish coach, Denis Silva, is looking forward to correcting the path and providing the distinguished technical return that will help him to qualify comfortably, benefit from the ground workers and the public and compensate for the past two losses in the West Asian Championship.

The "Olympic" has distinguished players, including Saeed Al-Ketbi, Abdullah Al-Naqbi, goalkeeper Rakan Al-Menhali, Ali Saleh and others.

The team had been preparing for the qualifiers for a long time, as before the West Asian competitions, it played a number of friendly matches in which it defeated Iraq by four clean goals, and another by two goals to one, in addition to facing the Olympic team of Brazil, which it lost 5-2.

The team will play its next matches against India next Wednesday, while it will face the Sultanate of Oman on the 30th of this month at the end of the qualifiers.

In general, 39 teams compete for 15 cards available in the finals, in order to join host Uzbekistan, where the first place in each group qualifies, along with the four best teams that get second place in the groups.

"Al-Abyad" will face Kyrgyzstan at 16:50, while it will meet India next Wednesday, and Oman will meet on the 30th of this month.

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