Syria awaits FIFA's approval to transfer its World Cup qualifiers to the UAE
The temporary committee of the Syrian Football Association announced that it has sent an official letter to the International Federation of the Game "FIFA" requesting the transfer of its home matches in the World Cup 2022 qualifiers from Jordan to the Emirates.
The Syrian Federation stated that its UAE counterpart had officially agreed to host the remaining two home matches for his country in the qualifiers against South Korea on the first of February and Iraq on March 29.
The Romanian coach of Syria's national team, Valerio Tetsa, had asked to change the supposed home land from Jordan to one of the Gulf countries to provide the appropriate climate.
The approval of the UAE federation to host the Syrian national team is linked to the approval of the International Federation, which has not yet announced its approval or non-acceptance of the Syrian request.
On the other hand, the Syrian Federation announced the establishment of a training camp for the Syrian national team in Aleppo for local players from tomorrow, Sunday until next Thursday, to go to one of the Gulf countries and often Qatar to set up a training camp from the second of next January until the tenth of it, followed by a final external training camp Without specifying his place in the period between next 20 and the first of February in preparation for his matches with the Emirates and Korea in the seventh and eighth rounds of the first Asian group competitions from the decisive third round qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar 2022. The Syrian team occupies the last sixth place in the first group with two points compared to 16 points for the leaders Iran and 14 for Korea, 6 for the Emirates, 5 for Lebanon, and 4 for Iraq.
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