They affirmed their confidence in the players' ability to bypass Australia. They stressed the importance of everyone's support for "Al-Abyad".
Athletes: Optimistic about the national team...and the "supplement" is a historic opportunity to reach the World Cup
The players of the national team have a great incentive to reach the 2022 World Cup. Photo: Osama Abu Ghanem
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Athletes confirmed their optimism about the ability of the national football team to overcome the obstacle of the Australian team, during the upcoming confrontation that will bring them together on the seventh of next June in Doha, within the Asian qualifying supplement for the 2022 World Cup, noting that this optimism stems from the players' ability to represent the honorable country of their country, the UAE, As they did in their last match against South Korea, after they managed to outperform one of the strongest teams in the continent of Asia, considering that the team has a historic opportunity that must be exploited to reach the World Cup, stressing the importance of everyone joining together and standing as one behind the team, so that it can pass the next stage. To achieve the desired goal, which is to reach the World Cup.
And they told "Emirates Today": "The priority should be the process of preparing the team and preparing it in the best possible way for the expected maturity."
The national team qualified to meet Australia after finishing third in the first group in the decisive round of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup, while the Australian team qualified in turn, after also winning third place in the second group, and the winning team will face its counterpart Peru on June 14 Next, in a decisive confrontation to qualify for the World Cup.
It is noteworthy that the UAE national team had defeated its Australian counterpart, with a clean goal, scored by striker Ali Mabkhout, in the quarter-finals of the 2019 Asian Cup, which was held in the UAE, and it is the last meeting between the two teams.
The former chairman of the Kalba Federation, Issa Al-Dabahi, said: "Everyone should be optimistic about the team's access to the World Cup, especially after it renewed its hope by qualifying for the World Cup qualifying playoff, after its recent victory over South Korea," stressing the importance of everyone's solidarity. And their strong standing behind the team in the next stage, whether they are athletes, media, fans, and others so that the team can pass the next stage, considering that everyone's support for the team and their confidence in its players give them a great moral boost to provide everything they have on the field.
Al-Dabbahi added: "The team has a historic opportunity to reach the World Cup, so this opportunity should not be neglected. There is nothing impossible in football, and the ball is now in the players' court, and they have to fight for the opportunity that has been given to them again."
Al-Dabbahi stressed the importance of spreading a spirit of optimism and hope among the team's players that they are able to realize the dream that every Emirati awaits.
He continued, "We are confident in the players' ability to cross Australia and reach the final stage of the World Cup qualifying playoff against Peru."
For his part, former Football Association board member and sports analyst, Dr. Salim Al Shamsi, stressed the importance of motivating the team’s players and raising their morale in preparation for the Australia match, stressing his optimism for the team, especially as it approaches the final stages in the race to reach the World Cup.
Al Shamsi said: "The team succeeded in passing the previous stage, and whenever it passes through a stage, the morale rises and the ambitions and hopes increase."
Al Shamsi pointed out that there are many factors and motives that make them optimistic about the national team, including that the team has passed an important stage in this journey, and it has only two steps left in front of Australia and then Peru to reach the World Cup, considering that “the current generation of players has an opportunity to reach The World Cup, which the UAE national team has missed since 1990.
Al Shamsi stressed that the team's administrative team, as well as the technical staff, are aware of the importance of this next stage in the team's career.
Al Shamsi added: "One of the factors that gives cause for optimism is the addition of new elements to the team that made the difference, during the last South Korea match."
In turn, the former Assistant Secretary-General of the Football Association, Imran Abdullah, described the national team’s upcoming match against Australia in the Asian qualifier for the World Cup, as a historic opportunity that must be adhered to and not to be neglected, stressing that he is optimistic about the team as long as there is hope to compete for it. A ticket to the next World Cup.
Abdullah added: "Winning the match against Australia has become an important matter for the team, as it leads it to another more important stage in the race to reach the World Cup, and any victory achieved by the team is a gain, especially since it plays the next match in Qatar and on a neutral stadium."
Abdullah considered that "the team was not bad against South Korea, during its last match, on the contrary, it managed to win the match and won the third place card, which qualified it to play against Australia."
Abdullah stressed the importance of the team doing its best to overcome the next stage as long as it is still at the core of the competition, regardless of the competitor.
• “Al-Abyad” had previously defeated “Kangaroo” with the goal of Ali Mabkhout in the 2019 Asian Cup quarter-finals.
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