Moataz Al Shami (Dubai)
The President’s Cup quarter-final matches, specifically, Al Wasl with Al Ain, Al Jazira with Al Wahda, in addition to Sharjah with Al Ahly youth, became the last chance for international players who did not participate with their clubs in the last round, for the “ADNOC Professional League”, due to injury circumstances. However, the technical staff of our national team, led by Van Marwijk, summoned them to the expanded squad of “Al-Abyad”, which included 32 players, to enter a closed camp in Dubai on January 18, in preparation for the matches of Syria in Dubai and Iran in Tehran, within the seventh and eighth rounds, In the first group for the “World Cup 2022” qualifiers, in which our team occupies third place, and needs to win and get positive results, to ensure the qualifying position for the “Continental Supplement”.
Marvik summoned 32 players: Ali Khaseef, Muhammad Al Shamsi, Adel Al Hosani, Fahd Al Dhanhani, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Muhammad Al Attas, Walid Abbas, Mahmoud Khamis, Abdulaziz Heikal, Shaheen Abdul Rahman, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Muhammad Barghash, Salem Sultan, Al Hassan Saleh and Abdullah Idris Ali Salmin, Abdullah Ramadan, Majed Rashid, Majed Hassan, Yahya Nader, Majed Sorour, Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Fabio de Lima, Cayo Canedo, Hareb Abdullah, Khalfan Mubarak, Khalil Al Hammadi, Muhammad Juma Eid, Zayed Al Ameri, Suhail Al Noubi, Ali Saleh Sebastian Tigali.
Khalfan Mubarak did not participate in the last round with Al-Jazira against Al-Wasl, as well as for Majed Hassan, who missed the Al-Ahly youth match against Khor Fakkan, in addition to some other elements within the expanded squad, which the technical staff needs to determine the extent of their full readiness, during the cup quarter-final, Which will be an opportunity to get acquainted with their technical and physical readiness on the ground, and their ability to catch up with the gathering, to participate with their fellow players in the next two matches for “Al-Abyad”, and it is expected that at least 5 players will be excluded from the “extended list”, including a goalkeeper.
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