Reda Saleem (Dubai)
Salem Al Hammadi, the electronic football player, expressed his happiness at qualifying for the World Cup, which will be held in the Danish capital, Copenhagen next month, stressing that the name of the UAE is a great responsibility, and all champions always strive to be in the first place. It is a technical and administrative body, and it is sufficient that Ali Al Hammadi, who played in my place against Kuwait, which is the qualification match, presented a distinguished match, even though it was his first official match.”
He added: The ambitions are great in the World Cup, and we want to leave an Emirati imprint in the global event, and with the end of the qualifiers, I asked the coach to identify my weaknesses in order to work on them. In general, the joy was great and the celebration was great on the communication sites with the qualification of the Emirates, which made us happy. It is enough that the congratulations of the International Football Association «FIFA» » We qualified, besides that the qualifiers were broadcast on the Internet, as well as the awarding ceremonies.
He returned to talk about the decisive Kuwait match, and said: “The desire was strong to beat Al-Azraq, especially that we did not beat them in the group stage, where we lost in the first leg and tied in the second leg. The decision of the Pakistani coach, Sayed Salman, to participate in Ali Al-Hammadi instead of me was correct because it confused the opponent’s accounts, and he accepted The match We sat with the coach and he showed us a 45-minute video about how the Kuwaiti Blue played, its strengths and weaknesses, and the fact that the coach had a big role in qualifying and leading the qualifiers.”
He noted that qualifying for the World Cup is a qualitative leap, and the team needs more attention than the fans because this game is mental and not, as some claim, that it is entertainment. We also need many tournaments that will attract players and the public and become a large base, and there are tournaments organized by a number of Gulf countries and have a great reputation and high prizes. We also need media attention, because after qualifying for the World Cup, we followed the news on social media, and it was not our picture, but an old picture of a group of players, not including any player who participated in the qualifiers.
He explained that financial support comes in the first ranks of interest, and we want to go in the same direction as the Gulf leagues that offer prizes and large sums of money. For example, in the Saudi League, in which Musaed Al-Dossary is the best player in the world, the league champion gets a financial prize of 90,000 riyals. Our league champion gets 15,000 dirhams.
He concluded, “The truth is that we felt the value of what we achieved in the qualifiers with great interest, and perhaps this motivates us to present high levels in the World Cup. We must pay tribute to our coach, Mr. Salman, who changed our thinking and led us to qualify, and we are confident from now that the UAE will have a footprint in the World Cup.”
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