The UAE national team is satisfied with a draw against Gambia.. Amouri appears again
The first national football team was satisfied with a 1-1 draw against Gambia during the friendly match that brought them together this evening, Sunday, at Zabeel Stadium in Al-Wasl Club in Dubai, as part of Al-Abyad’s preparations to meet Australia at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Doha on the seventh of next June in the Asian Cup Qualifying Supplement world 2022.
The team played the match with two different formations over the course of the two halves, and coach Arruabarina tried 24 players, as he kept only one player from the starting lineup that played in the first half, which is Khaled Al-Hashemi, while the rest of the elements were replaced by other players, and Omar Abdel Rahman appeared in the second half after a long absence, Note that the team's delegation will leave for Doha today to set up a short preparation camp there before the upcoming meeting.
Al-Abyad took the lead in the first half through a penalty kick by Ali Mabkhout (38), and the Gambia team tied at the beginning of the second half through Musa Barrow (48).
The Gambia match is the last rehearsal for the Whites before facing Australia in this decisive historical confrontation in which the national team needs to win and meet the Peruvian team in the last leg of qualifying for the World Cup.
The match represented a good rehearsal for the UAE national team from all sides, although the team did not show the strong personality that he appeared in in his last matches against South Korea. Besides addressing any negatives before the crucial meeting with Australia.
The Gambian team was distinguished by its strong tackles, which is the same style as the Australian team, so the White coach was keen to face an African team like the Gambian team.
Coach Arrobarina relied on the front line in the first half on the trio of Hareb Suhail, Caio Canedo and Ali Mabkhout, while the player Abdullah Hamad was assigned the task of the playmaker, in addition to the presence of the players Ali Salmin and Abdullah Ramadan.
In the first half, the coach pushed a squad that included goalkeeper Khaled Issa, in defense Walid Abbas, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Khaled Al Hashemi and Khaled Al Dhanhani, and in the middle Ali Salmin, Abdullah Hamad and Abdullah Ramadan, and in the attack, Suhail and Cayo Kanedo Ali Mabkhout fought against.
In the second half, he paid 13 players: goalkeeper Mohammed Al Shamsi, Omar Abdel Rahman, Tigali, Abdel Aziz Heikal, Yahya Nader, Majed Rashid, Ali Saleh, Yahya Al Ghassani, Bandar Al Ahbabi and Mohammed Marzouk, as well as players Tahnoun Al Zaabi, Ahmed Berman and Sultan Adel.
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