He said that the coach of Al-Abyad did not talk to him about any shortcoming

Ali Mabkhout: Arwabarina and the Football Association have no technical notes on my performance

Ali Mabkhout said that he is available to serve the national team at any time.

Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

Ali Mabkhout, the star and scorer of the Al-Jazira team, spoke for the first time after being excluded from the “White” list that participated in the 25th Gulf Cup, which concluded last Thursday, and the team exited the group stage with only one point, after two losses and a draw.

Mabkhout confirmed that "the Football Association and Argentine coach Rodolfo Aruabarina did not direct him any technical observations on his performance until he worked to correct them."

And the historic scorer of Emirates football commented, in response to what was circulated during the platform program on the Dubai Sports Channel, that Aruabarina justified the exclusion of Mabkhout by not implementing the instructions of the technical staff, in addition to that he did not make the effort expected of him in the friendly match against Argentina, and he also refused to perform warm-up operations during The Kazakhstan meeting, the two friendly matches that Al-Abyad played last November.

Mabkhout said through the “Al-Asturi” feature on his official account on “Instagram”: “If this information is correct, I must clarify some points, which is that the coach or any official in the Football Association did not speak to me about my failure in any technical points in order for me to work to correct them.” ».

He added, "In the Kazakhstan match, the coach did not ask me to warm up throughout the match until its end. After the match, there was a friendly conversation between me and the coach. If what was mentioned was true, the coach would have blamed me at that time."

He continued, "The coach mentioned on more than one occasion that my exclusion was for technical reasons, and I respect his decision, but why has the conversation changed now?"

And he concluded, "I am always and forever at the service of my country in any field, and I have not and will not evade responsibility one day, and if I achieve any success, it is the success of God first and foremost, and if I fail, I will not blame other people for the reasons."

Ali Mabkhout:

• «The coach mentioned that my exclusion was for technical reasons, and I respect his decision, but why did the conversation change now?».

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