"Al-Abyad" did not qualify for the World Cup, and the Olympic bid farewell to the 2022 Asian Cup

A “disappointing” harvest for the football teams in the 2021-22 season.. Is the next better

  • The national team suffered a loss against Australia that ended its hopes in the World Cup.

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  • Abdullah Misfer, former national team coach.

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The football teams achieved a disappointing harvest in the past football season 2021-22, after the first national team was eliminated from the decisive qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar 2022, while the Olympic team, which is the direct reserve of the first team, bid farewell to the 2022 Asian Cup, which was held in Uzbekistan.

The national teams are waiting for a new season (2022-23) that is more stable from a technical point of view, especially at the level of the technical area, in the hope of compensating the fans with performance, championships and podiums.

Among the most prominent upcoming stations in the first team, led by Argentine Rodolfo Arruabarina, is the participation in the Arab Gulf Cup “Gulf 25” from the sixth to 19 January next, and the West Asian Championship scheduled in the UAE from March 20 to the second of April, then the Asian Cup 2023 whose place of residence has not been officially determined yet, after China's apology.

Despite the great support that all national teams received from the Football Association at the administrative level, the results achieved in the past period were not at the level of the desired ambitions and hopes, whether for the first team or the teams of the age groups, but there are positive indications that the next may be I am better after the many improvements and decisions taken by the Football Association in terms of football in general.

Emirates football harvest for the 2021-22 season

first team

The competition until the last breath for a ticket to qualify for the World Cup 2022, after losing to Australia by two goals to one in the Asian play-off.

The team had topped Group G in the decisive round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, after gaining 18 points, as it played eight matches, winning six and losing two matches.

Junior National Team, born 2006

Qualifying for the semi-finals of the eighth West Asian Junior Championships in Saudi Arabia in December 2021 by leading the second group with six points, and then leaving after losing to the Saudi team by three clean goals.

Olympic Under-23 Team

He was bid farewell to the 2022 Asian Cup held in Uzbekistan from the first round, and despite his exit, the team had qualified for the finals by leading the fifth group standings in the qualifiers, which was hosted by the city of Fujairah in October of last year.

The Olympic team was also eliminated from the first round of the West Asian Championship for Olympic Teams in Saudi Arabia in October 2021.

The 2003 youth team exited the Arab U-20 Cup in Egypt in June 2021, and the team participated in the second group.

Exiting the West Asian Youth Championship in Iraq in November 2021 after playing in the second group, which included Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

Mesfer: The national team management policy must be reviewed and defects identified

The former national football team coach, Dr. Abdullah Misfer, considered that the current Football Association, although it supports the teams, the exclusion of citizen coaches is a major reason for the decline in the results of the teams, stressing that he does not speak on behalf of the national coaches, noting that all countries depend on coaches. The national team in training its teams, especially in the age groups, pointing out that the teams of the age groups achieved excellent results in previous periods, but the change of the system in place by the Federation in terms of team management, it was necessary to build on the system that was applied in the past, and work to develop And the development of what is best for the Sunni teams, calling for the importance of reconsidering the policy applied in all national teams, and identifying the deficiencies, pointing out that the defect is clear.

Misfer told Al-Emarat Al-Youm: "At the level of the first teams, changes can occur in the matter of assigning the training of these teams to foreign coaches, but at the level of the age levels, most countries rely on their national coaches, as they are the closest and most familiar with the players in all aspects." .

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