The Asian and International play-off matches will be held in Qatar on June 7 and 13

4 indicators that support the team in qualifying for the World Cup

• The team achieved a historic defeat for South Korea in Dubai.

  Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

• Hareb Abdullah scored the winning goal for the national team against South Korea.

  Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

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Four important indicators have emerged in favor of the UAE national football team, and support its chances of qualifying for the World Cup scheduled for the end of this year 2022 in Qatar, after kidnapping the competition ticket for the Asian play-off recently with a 1-0 victory over South Korea.

The team qualified to face Australia in the Asian play-off on the seventh of next June, and if it wins, it will have to qualify for the World Cup against Peru in the international play-off on the 13th of the same month, where the two matches will be held in Qatar.

Four indicators emerged that support the team, including the players' great confidence in themselves, after they restored the true image after their strong and masculine performance against the South Korean team, and the historic victory over it in Dubai with the goal of the young player Hareb Abdullah, in addition to the close distance with Qatar, which is hosting the two Asian play-off matches. And the international, while the Australian team will have to travel to Doha for long hours, in addition to the similarity of the atmosphere in which the match will be held with the atmosphere here in the country, in addition to the possibility of the arrival of significant numbers of Emirati fans to Doha to support the team, and spread the spirit of seriousness and enthusiasm among the players.

The former Olympic team coach Ali Ibrahim stressed that the team needs several technical matters during the coming period, most notably from his point of view the establishment of a camp that extends from 12 to 13 days and not for a period of six days only allocated after the end of the league on May 27, in addition to playing one friendly match on At least, even if this leads to pressure in the league or postponement of matches, provided that you are with a team whose style is similar to the Australian team, preferably European, pointing to the importance of the selection committee in the Football Association at the appropriate time to prepare the team.

Ali Ibrahim told "Emirates Today": "There are many factors and things that are in the interest of the team during its upcoming confrontation with the Australian team, among them, besides the similarity of the atmosphere, the ease of travel to Doha and the trip does not take more than half an hour only, unlike the competing team that will travel for long hours. to reach Qatar.

The winning team will face the UAE and Australia match, in order to determine the identity of the qualified team from the Asian continent, which in turn will face on June 13 or 14 next in Qatar, the Peruvian team, which qualified after its victory over Paraguay 2-0, and ranked fifth in the last round of qualifiers. South America qualified for the World Cup, knowing that one ticket will be competed for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Ali Ibrahim stressed that the study of the Australian competitor depends on many technical matters, pointing out that the Australian team has an advantage in some technical matters, especially in the physical aspect, as well as in high and cross balls, stressing the importance of the technical staff of the team studying all these matters in an appropriate manner. Good and it works.

For his part, former Football Association board member and sports analyst, Dr. Salim Al Shamsi, affirmed that he is optimistic about the possibility of the team overcoming the Australian team’s obstacle, stressing the importance that the team’s players take the match seriously as if it were a cup match, and not tolerate it.

Al Shamsi added: "I hope that luck will stand with the national team, but luck also needs to fight and focus on the field and give the match its importance, and deal with it with the same high fighting spirit that he played in his last match against South Korea."

In turn, a member of the Board of Directors of Dibba Club, director of the first football team, Juma Al-Abdouli, stressed the importance of starting to prepare the team from now on to meet Australia, considering that whether for the UAE national team or any team in the world, there are technical differences between the teams, and this is an inevitable thing. However, there is a fighting spirit that covers the technical differences, noting that this happened with the national team during its last match against South Korea.

Al-Abdouli added, "In my estimation, with all due respect to the national team players, there are no major technical differences between the players currently in the national team, as was the case in the past three or four years ago."

Al-Abdouli added, "There are many things that will support the team against Australia, including the possibility of attracting the public to travel to Qatar, in addition to working to mobilize the media to stand with the team, in addition to motivating the players to give everything they have during the match, which is only one match."

• The players' morale is high after the historic victory over the South Korean team.

4 indicators that support the national team's qualification for the World Cup

1- The players' great confidence in themselves, after the team restored its true image against South Korea.

2- Near the stadium of the matches of the Asian and international matches, which are being held in Qatar.

3- The similarity of the atmosphere and weather between the Emirates and Qatar, which is in the interest of the team.

4- The possibility that the two matches will have a public presence due to the proximity of the distance with Qatar.

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