Al -Abyad must hold the hope of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup through the appendix

Athletes stressed the necessity of the UAE national team with the hope of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, through the annex (the fourth stage), where the annex will start next October, and will include six teams, with the need to address the mistakes that occurred in the last period, and benefit from them in forming a team capable of fighting the teams of the countries that will play in the attachment, with the failure to hold the current Romanian coach, Olario Cosmin, complete responsibility for performance in the last two games against Uzbekistan And Kyrgyzstan, which ended in a tie (zero-zero) and (1-1), respectively, because Cosmin received the supervision of “white” at a narrow time, and it was not enough to get to know the capabilities of the players and reach the appropriate combination.

Commenting on the technical performance of the national team in the end of the national team, the athletes told «Emirates Today», at the end of the qualifiers for the third stage qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, that Cosmin needs more time in order to put his technical imprint on the national team, pointing out that the offensive aspect is still ineffective and needs to strengthen, noting that the team was excessive against Kyrgyzstan with a moral victory that he needed To him at this stage.

Cosmin pushed during the squad that played the Kyrgyzstan match, with eight main players who missed the starting lineup against Uzbekistan, which ended in a draw without goals.

The chances of qualification

Sports analyst Dr. Ahmed Al -Awadi said: “At this stage, it is difficult to evaluate the leadership of Cosmin for the national team,” noting that Cosmin played the match between Uzbekistan with the best squad for him, stressing that the team excessively an excessive opportunity, especially since his group was easy, and he was able to qualify directly, and added: “The team played on his land and between his fans, but he did not appear against Uzbekistan with the desired result.” Easy, we are waiting for the lot, and we must stick to our fortunes despite the difficulty of the task, and we hope to qualify it.

Cosmin fingerprint is absent

Sports analyst, Ahmed Khalifa Hammad, stressed that the team during the era of Cosmin has not yet witnessed a major or remarkable technical change, because the period of preparation for the matches of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan was short for the coach whose ambitions were high in change, noting that “Cosmin need a longer period in order for his technical imprint with the national team.”

On the fundamental changes made by Cosmin in the starting lineup in the Kyrgyzstan match, Hammad said: “The coach tried to try the largest number of players present, which is a good step from him, after the team missed the opportunity to qualify direct The age of the match ».

He added: “The Kyrgyzing match did not witness great momentum, but there was calm, contrary to what was the case in the Uzbekistan match, which witnessed great momentum, but the technical level of the team was less than expected.”

Hammad considered that the offensive aspect is still ineffective and needs more promotion by coach Kozmin, whether in creating opportunities or in scoring goals, especially since the team is about to a major challenge in the attachment in the face of strong teams from a defensive point of view.

Unimaginable

For his part, the international lecturer at the Football Association, Omar Al -Hammadi, said that after the recent events in the team from a change in the technical staff with the presence of Cosmin, everyone was awaiting that the team’s reaction would be strong in the Uzbekistan match, but unfortunately the team disappointed in this match, and did not appear in a good manner, and the result ended in a negative tie, and the performance did not rise to the required level.

Al -Hammadi added: “After the match between Uzbekistan, events took place from the suspension of some players and also injuries in the team, and we were also awaiting a reaction from the players in the camp and from those who would play the Kyrgyzing match and from the technical and administrative staff, but we were surprised by a fundamental change in the squad that was in the Uzbekistan match despite the fact that the team needed stability in the squad, to find a kind of homogeneity between the players, and we do not know what The reason for making this amount of changes. ”

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The UAE team in the second ranking of the supplement lottery

The Asian Football Confederation announced the classification of the levels of the Asian teams participating in the eligible attaché to the 2026 World Cup, in preparation for the drawing of the fourth round matches of the “Asian Attaché” on July 17, as the UAE team is part of the second classification alongside the Iraq team, while the first level includes the Qatar national team alongside Saudi Arabia, and at the third level there are the Indonesia and Oman teams, knowing that six Asian teams have officially qualified for the World Cup, It is Iran, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Jordan, Japan and Australia.

The Asia continent will receive eight and a half seats in the World Cup, after increasing the number of participating teams from 32 to 48. The attachment matches will start on the eighth, 11 and 14th of next October.

It is reported that he qualifies for the Asian attaché, the third and fourth places of each group in the third stage of the qualifiers.

These teams are competing in the fourth round in order to win a direct qualification card to the World Cup and a card to the global attaché.

Omar Al Hammadi:

• Everyone was awaiting a strong reaction in the Uzbekistan match, but unfortunately the team disappointed.

Ahmed Hammad:

• The offensive aspect is still ineffective and needs more promotion.

Ahmed Al -Awadi:

• The team qualified through the attachment is not an easy thing, and we are waiting for the lot.