Moataz Al-Shami (Dubai)
Our national team will perform its final training at 7:30 pm tomorrow evening at the Police Club Stadium in Dubai, in preparation for the expected confrontation the next evening against its brother, Bahraini Red, at Zabeel Stadium in Al Wasl Club, at the conclusion of the matches of the second stage of the joint Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup, which Al-Abyad won it after moving away from the top of the eighth group standings with a full score of “15 points”, while Bahrain has clinched the runner-up qualification ticket with 10 points so far, and the technical staff of our national team is seeking to continue the tone of victories and strive to win the match.
It is expected that the technical staff of our team, led by Paulo Bento, will continue to defend with the young elements and new faces that were called up, who participated in the last match against Nepal last Thursday, in which the team won 4-0, and witnessed the introduction of some names that did not officially participate with the Whites in the qualifying matches, such as goalkeeper Khaled. Tawheed and the young striker Mohamed Jumaa Al-Mansouri, then Pinto brought in Mubarak Bin Zama and Fahd Badr, all of whom are young players and faces of the future, within the framework of the replacement and renewal plan implemented by the national team.
Sultan Adel is expected to return to lead the Al-Abyad attack against Bahrain, after he missed the match against Nepal due to the accumulation of warnings, while the team is missing the efforts of Fabio Lima, Caio Canedo, Khaled Al-Dhanhani and Khalifa Al-Hammadi, who were excluded from the current camp due to injury.
The technical staff had given the national team players a negative rest the day before yesterday, which the Al Ain players took advantage of to participate in the Al-Namos ceremony, to celebrate the victory in the Champions League this season, and the technical staff is seeking to remedy the negatives that appeared in the confrontation with Nepal, especially in the slowness of preparation.
In his technical lecture to the players after returning to training, Pinto stressed the need to pay attention to continuing to perform with a winning culture, regardless of the position of the competitor or even the position of the team, and he pointed out that deciding the qualification card is not a reason for slack performance or lack of fighting spirit, as the team will continue its path with all strength in the rest of the season. The qualifying campaign, which begins next September with the important third stage, which qualifies for the 2026 World Cup, which requires reaching the top or second place in the group in which the team is expected to fall after the draw of lots at the end of this month.
Six qualifying cards for the World Cup will be allocated directly to the third stage qualifiers, which will be won by the first and second in each of the three groups that will include 18 teams, while the third and fourth ranked teams for each group will compete in the third stage later, in a fourth round of qualifiers for two qualifying cards for the World Cup, then a fifth round. On a half card eligible for the Global Supplement.
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