Dubai (Etihad)
Dutch coach Dick Advocaat confirmed that his team will face our national team in the World Cup qualifiers, with the aim of making up for the disappointment after the draw with Lebanon in the last round.
He added: “There is no confrontation between me and the citizens of Van Marwijk, it is a confrontation between the players on the field, we will give them instructions and in the end they will decide the outcome.”
The coach admitted that he had to be realistic about the need for the team to provide its best levels in every match before talking now about the idea of competition, and with regard to the absence of the player Rebin Solaka despite his participation at the present time with his club, he said: The player was not clear with us and we do not want the presence of players who do not like to represent The Iraqi national team, I told the administrative body that we have the competencies that make us able to represent the national team in the best possible way.
In response to Iraq’s faltering start by reaping two points, he said: This question is directed to the UAE team, which achieved the same balance. For us, we played two matches out of three rounds against the two strongest teams in the group, and we were not lucky.
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