Al Shamsi: Two goals for “Al-Abyad” .. the competition for the title and preparation for the completion of the World Cup qualifiers
A high spirit and a positive atmosphere in the team's preparations for the Arab Cup
Part of the national team training in preparation for the Arab Cup.
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Salim Al Shamsi: "If the team's goal was to participate only in this tournament, it would have been better for it to participate with second-grade, Olympic or youth players."
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The national football team has completed its preparations in preparation for the upcoming appearance in the Arab Cup, which will be held in Doha during the period from the 30th of this month to the 18th of next month, with the participation of 16 teams. To meet Syria on the 30th of this month, knowing that the national team is participating in this tournament with its main players.
The team had left for Doha, the day before yesterday, after it set up a short camp in Dubai, during which it performed two training sessions, led by the coach of the team, Dutch coach Marvik, and his technical staff.
And the Football Association broadcast on its official website on Twitter a video, in which the players of the national team, led by veteran player Ismail Matar, are training seriously and in a positive atmosphere, in preparation for a strong appearance in the Arab Cup, to erase the modest image in which the team appeared during His last matches in the decisive round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
The video showed coach Van Marwijk and his assistant technical staff leading the exercises, providing directions and advice to the players.
The Football Association stated on its official page via Twitter that the technical and administrative staff and the players of the national team celebrated with top scorer Ali Mabkhout on the occasion of his winning the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Creativity in the local athlete category.
The squad list includes the players: Ali Khaseef, Khaled Issa, Muhammad Al Shamsi, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Muhammad Barghash, Abdulaziz Heikal, Shaheen Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Al Attas, Walid Abbas, Muhannad Salem, Mahmoud Khamis, Majed Rashid, Ali Salmin, Abdullah Ramadan, Abdullah Hamad, Ismail Matar, Tahnoun Al Zaabi, Mohamed Gomaa, Khalil Al Hammadi, Cayo Canedo, Ali Saleh, Ali Mabkhout, Sebastian Tigali.
For his part, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Football Association, and sports analyst, Dr. Salim Al Shamsi, confirmed that there are two goals for the team by participating in the Arab Cup, the first is the competition for the championship title, as long as it will participate in it with its basic elements, and the second goal is to prepare to complete its matches. The remaining in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, in addition to preparing its reserve players, noting that everything is now available to the team, and therefore it cannot participate in the Arab Cup in order to participate only, but rather to compete, despite the presence of strong teams that will compete for the championship, such as the national teams Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
Salim Al Shamsi told "Emirates Today": "If the team's goal was to participate only in this tournament, it would have been better for him to participate with second-grade, Olympic or youth players."
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