He stressed that the national team's goal in "Gulf 25" is to write a new history for UAE football

Arwaparina in response to Mabkhout's exclusion: We are looking for other features

  • Coach of the national football team: Argentine Arroabarrena.

  • Ali Mabkhout is outside the accounts of the national team coach, Aruabarina, in the Gulf Cup.

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The coach of the Argentine national football team, Arwabarina, revealed the reason for excluding the top scorer of the national team and the ADNOC Professional League, Al Jazira striker Ali Mabkhout, from the list participating in the 25th Gulf Championship, scheduled for the period from the sixth to the 19th of January next in the Iraqi city of Al-Basr.

He said in a press conference, yesterday: “I know the importance of Mabkhout to the national team and to all the fans, and he is a respected and professional player, but I am now looking inside the stadium in the squad as a team in general for different other characteristics, and we have seen in some matches in the World Cup (Qatar 2022) strength, commitment and spirit.” The team and team play, and this is the mirror that I want to see the national team through during the upcoming Arab Gulf Cup.

The national team will participate in the "Gulf 25" within the group that includes the teams of Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, and will play a friendly match at 19:30 this evening against Lebanon, in preparation for participation in the Gulf Championship.

Arwabarina announced the national team's goal of participation, saying: "We will compete for the championship until the end in order to win the title, and I hope to see the fighting spirit, seriousness and desire, as we saw that in the World Cup in Qatar .. We want to reach the final match, and write a new history for Emirates football." ».

He continued, "The current list of the national team was chosen only to participate in the Arab Gulf Cup, without thinking beyond participating in the Gulf championship."

He explained, “After the Lebanon match, we will release the players for one day, to spend a vacation and some time with their families, provided that they return to the camp the day after tomorrow for training on the first of January, before traveling to Iraq next Monday, and after today’s match, the number of players will be reduced from 25 players to 23 ».

The coach of the national team indicated that the national team started its camp on the 26th of this month, and will end with a friendly match today against Lebanon, indicating that he is satisfied with the national team's preparations and the performance of the players.

The coach of the national team revealed a set of criteria for the selection list of players for the national team, saying: “The first criterion is the athlete, as I prefer the team to have dynamism in movement and have a spirit,” noting that “there were a large number of injured players, and their recovery period.” It was longer than the dates of the matches allowed, and therefore these players were not summoned, and during the last round injuries appeared at the last moment, according to the reports of the specialist doctor, and these were not summoned either, while there are players against whom disciplinary decisions were taken, so we summon them.

And he continued, “There are also some players who have some family or personal circumstances, and therefore they were not mentally and psychologically ready, so they were not called up to the national team, and in light of all these data, we choose the players for the national team.”

The coach of the national team stressed that "the squad that previously won the Gulf Cup appeared with a fighting spirit and was distinguished by seriousness," stressing the importance of the national team playing in the spirit of one team.

The coach of the national team confirmed that he avoids talking about specific names, but he set an example with the player Walid Abbas, and said: “I know him well, and we previously worked together when I was a coach for Al-Ahly youth. He has strength of character on and off the field.”

aroparina:

• "The squad that previously won the Gulf Cup appeared with a fighting spirit and was distinguished by seriousness."

• "The first criterion in my choices is (athlete). I prefer dynamic movement and spirit in the national team."

• "Walid Abbas has all the personal ingredients, and I see in him the strength of the personality inside and outside the field."

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