A painful blow to the Syrian national team before the start of the Arab Cup

The Syrian national football team received a painful blow, prior to the start of the Arab Cup, which will be hosted by Qatar during the period from November 30 to December 18, after it was confirmed the absence of the “Nour Qasioun” striker and Al-Ahly Jeddah Club, Omar Al-Soma, from the list. The final of the tournament.

The head of the National Teams Committee in the Syrian Football Association, Aslan Kanjo, said in a statement to Syrian media, most notably the “Khabarni” website, that “Al-Soma has already apologized for not participating in the Arab Cup,” but Kanjo did not indicate the reasons for the absence of Al-Soma, who The masses are counting on him to lead the offensive line of "Nissour Qasioun" in the historical seventh appearance of the Syrian teams in the Arab championships.

The Syrian team is competing in the “Arab Cup” in the second group, next to the teams of Tunisia, the UAE and Mauritania, and the Syrian street is looking forward to reassure the team’s readiness in the “Qatar” championship, as it represents an important station for the teams to stand up to their true level, and to address mistakes before returning to the decisive qualifiers Qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.

The Syrian team will begin its journey in the Arab Cup groups against its Emirati counterpart, on the first day of the tournament. In its second match, it will meet its Tunisian counterpart on the third of next December, and concludes its advice in the group league on the sixth of December with a meeting The Mauritanian team, in a group tournament, the results of which result in the qualification of the best two teams from each group to the knockout stage.

It is noteworthy that, during its career in the Arab championships, the Syrian team won the runner-up position on three occasions, in 1963, 1966 and 1988. It also won fourth place in the tournament hosted by Syria in 1992, noting that the titles of the previous nine editions were distributed among the Iraqi teams (4 times). , Saudi Arabia (twice), and a single title for Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco.

The Syrian team recorded its attendance of the Arab Championships, by participating in the first edition in 1963, which was hosted by the Lebanese capital Beirut, when "Nesour Qasioun" participated alongside the teams of Lebanon, Tunisia, Kuwait and Jordan, in a tournament held at the time, with a league system of one stage, crowned by the Tunisian team by obtaining seven Points from three victories and one draw, one point ahead of the Syrian team, which came second with six points.

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