Athletes said that he does not achieve the goals set for him, and they affirm:

5 reasons to pave the way to success for the U-21 League

• From the Al Ain and Al Dhafra meeting in the U-21 League last season.

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Athletes considered that the U-21 League (formerly Reserve), which is among the competitions organized by the UAE Professional League, does not achieve the goals for which it was created and publicized despite the development of the competition, saying that it needs greater and diverse support from all sides, from The public, the media, club administrations, coaches, down to the players' families.

They stressed that five reasons can make it a successful "Douri" par excellence, and achieve its goals, as it is one of the important tributaries to support teams and clubs as well, and Emirates football in general.

And they said in an interview with "Emirates Today" that the league needs to change its name so that its moral and marketing value increases, and the focus is on the football talents that appear in it, and it must be marketed in the media on a larger scale and support the mass attendance by all available means, as well as the use of citizen trainers for training in it. Being the shortest way to discover talents, in addition to benefiting from global experiences similar to this league in order to develop the technical level in it in general, and to form a team specialized in the players of this league and be relied upon in the various foreign tournaments.

Talent League

The former coach of the Dibba and Masafi teams, Muhammad Al-Khadim, suggested, "Calling it the Talent League because it includes distinguished players who need a lot of support, including the media, to better introduce them."

He said: "The U-21 League needs public support, so that the club fan associations have a role in directing the public to come to the stands in order to contribute to encouraging players to provide the best technical levels."

He continued, "The more we support this league, the teams benefit from talented players, and they are happy with the support provided by the League for its success, but it needs more marketing and other tournaments for this category, such as the Reserve Cup and the Super Reserve, and these things enhance confidence in this category more."

He pointed out that these matters need the support of other parties, such as

The Football Association, and the media support to contribute to the introduction of these players to the public.

In turn, the former UAE goalkeeper coach, Iraqi Samir Shaker, said: "The U-21 League is very important, and it is a very important stage for every player looking to take his place in the starting or expanded squad for the first team in the future, especially goalkeepers."

He explained that the league provides an important space to test them, and globally, we find that the best goalkeepers who distinguished themselves later started from this league, as its matches give the player in general and the goalkeeper in particular the opportunity to shine, because the tournament does not have great psychological pressure, and the coach can involve more than one goalkeeper during the season to test them and give them The opportunity to show their skills.

He continued: This league provides important opportunities for players and goalkeepers to develop further, and this is what is required, and the success of the Olympic team stems from the success of this league in particular.

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The assistant coach of Fujairah last season, Saeed Al-Mismari, said that the method of organizing the current U-21 league is good, but it needs more support from the association by taking advantage of the global practices applied by the best leagues in the world, and the idea of ​​forming a team called the reserve team (under 21 years old). ) is distinguished and will positively affect Emirati football, as it will give the talented players of this league access to the first team.

He continued, "This requires the use of national coaches to make it successful, and coordination between the first team coach and the under-21 team coach is very important to monitor the best players until they are promoted to the first team."

The 5 Reasons

■ Change the name of the league to market it better.

■ Provide media support to him, and facilitate the attendance of the masses more.

■ The use of national trainers in it, and support the process of talent exploration.

■ Take advantage of global experiences in such a competition.

■ Form a team for the league and participate in it in tournaments, to raise the level of competition in the competition.

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