White performs its first training session in Goyang, with the participation of all players

Hammad: Ismail Matar's great experience is an addition to the national team

  • Ismail Matar participated in the national team's training at the sub-court of Goyang Stadium yesterday.

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  • Muhammad Obaid Hammad: “Al-Abyad is required to achieve a positive result in the South Korea match.”

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The first national football team performed a light exercise yesterday at the sub-field of Goyang Stadium in South Korea, which will be the scene of Thursday's match that will bring Al-Abyad with his Korean counterpart, in the fifth round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, for the first group.

All 26 players on the mission participated in the training.

The coach of the national team, Van Marwijk, spoke with the players prior to the start of the training, thanking them for their efforts, welcoming the elements that have recently joined the list, and assuring them of the importance of optimal preparation for the match, and full commitment to the training program that has been developed in proportion to the current stage.

For his part, the supervisor of the national team, Muhammad Obaid Hammad, confirmed that the general atmosphere in the corridors of the team is positive, and every member of the mission performs his work to the fullest, whether the administrative, technical and medical staff, as well as the players who are fully aware of the great responsibility placed on them, and they are the people of To assume this responsibility, noting that Al-Abyad is required to achieve a positive result in the South Korea match, as it comes at the end of the first leg matches, and will bring us back to the front again.

Hammad said in a press statement that things went very positively and smoothly from the moment the team gathered in Dubai, to the moment the mission arrived in Goyang, thanks to the early arrangements made by the Football Association, represented by the General Secretariat and the management of the teams after coordination with the country's embassy in Seoul, and the South Korean Federation, especially with regard to medical and logistical matters, praising the role played by the embassy in creating all appropriate conditions for members of the mission.

Regarding the list of players and the absences that the team suffers from, Hammad stated that the current team list includes a mixture of experienced and young players, and that the technical staff was keen to choose the elements in the team’s ranks with complete care, after following them in the ADNOC Professional League matches, and according to the technical needs that are commensurate with my matches. South Korea and Lebanon, explaining that: "The newly joined elements represent a great support for the team, especially Ismail Matar, given his great experience in the stadiums, as is the case for defender Muhannad Al-Enezi, and goalkeeper Khaled Issa, while the young elements are an asset, as they distinguished themselves with the Olympic team during his participation. In the qualifiers for the AFC U-23 Cup, including Mohammed Abbas and Majid Rashid.

The team's delegation arrived yesterday evening in the South Korean city of Goyang, in preparation for facing South Korea next Thursday.

A press statement said: "The country's ambassador to South Korea, Abdullah Saif Al-Nuaimi, accompanied by a number of embassy officials, was keen to receive the mission at the airport and provide facilities for entry procedures and others, wishing Al-Abyad success in his important match against the Korean team, and achieving a positive result."

The delegation includes a delegation made up of members of the administrative and technical staff and the players who were selected in the final list, and the number of 26 players are: Ali Khaseef, Adel Al Hosani, Muhammad Al Shamsi, Khaled Issa, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Abdulaziz Haikal, Muhammad Al Attas, Walid Abbas, Ahmed Rashid, Youssef Jaber, Muhannad Al-Enezi, Muhammad Barghash, Ali Salmin, Majed Rashid, Yahya Nader, Abdullah Ramadan, Muhammad Abbas, Ismail Matar, Tahnoun Al Zaabi, Fabio de Lima, Ali Saleh, Muhammad Juma Eid, Cayo Canedo, Khalil Al Hammadi, Ali Mabkhout, Sebastian Tigali.

In the matches between Iran and Lebanon, the team is missing a number of influential elements due to injury, most notably Majid Hassan, Shaheen Abdel Rahman, Mahmoud Khamis and Khalfan Mubarak.

 16 hour quarantine

All members of the national team mission were subjected to a 16-hour quarantine in a hotel designated for the Korean government, until the results of the examination appeared, all of which were negative, after which the mission moved to its residence in Goyang, which is about an hour away from the capital, Seoul, and this procedure comes within Conditions of the health protocol adopted in South Korea.

• 26 players in the national team's squad in preparation for the confrontations between South Korea and Lebanon.

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