“White” is two steps from writing history and reaching the World Cup

Athletes described the draw for the Asian attaché qualified to the 2026 World Cup finals that put the team in the first group, along with the teams of Qatar and Oman as being balanced, and that the team’s task although it will not be easy, it is not impossible to lead its group and won the qualification card to the World Cup, considering that the team has become only two steps from writing history and the dream of reaching the World Cup, after it had been a historic opportunity to qualify Immediately after its arrival in third place in the first group, stressing that the victory over the Omani team in the first match on October 11 is considered the key to qualification, as this will increase the desire and ambition of the players. At the same time, the loss will make it difficult for the team’s task, considering that the three teams know each other well, so their chances of reaping the qualification card will be equal.

They told «Emirates Today»: “Although the team has recently achieved good results, especially in the face of the Qatari team, specifically in the World Cup qualifiers, it must respect its competitors, the Qatari and Omani teams, and play before them with great caution.”

The lot, which was withdrawn the day before yesterday, put the team in the first group with Qatar and Oman, while the second group included Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Indonesia.

The UAE “Al -Abyad” begins his tournament’s career by meeting its Omani team on October 11, and concludes his career by facing Qatar on the 14th of the same month.

Key to qualify

The sports administrator and the technical analyst, Ahmed Khalifa Hammad, described the first group in the qualifying attaché of the World Cup that included the national team, along with the teams of Qatar and Oman in balance, indicating that «the three teams know each other well, as the Qatari team was playing in the Al -Abyad itself in the third round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and that the UAE team had previously faced its Omani counterpart in the last Arab Gulf Cup, and ended between them In a draw, ”considering that the three teams possess the ambition and the same desire to qualify for the World Cup, stressing that the victory over the Omani team in the first match is the key to qualifying for Al -Abyad, since this will increase the desire and ambition for the players, warning at the same time that any negative result will make the team’s task.

Hammad added: “The three teams also changed their coaches. Romanian Cosmin took over the team, while the Portuguese Kirosh took over the Omani team, while the leadership of the Qatari team was assigned to the Spanish coach Julien Lopetegui.”

Although Hammad considered that the two matches are up to the team’s reach, he demanded that he be careful in the face of the Emirati white for his Qatari counterpart, “the fact that the desire for compensation will remain with the Qatari Al -Annabi after his last two loss to the team in the World Cup qualifiers.”

And he added: “Preparing the team must be ideal and focus high, in addition to the fact that the mental state is very important, as well as the rapid hospitalization process after the first match.”

Hammad continued: “The team needs a long preparation camp and strong friendly matches and at a high level, and it is also necessary to choose the appropriate players for this task, as well as the team rises to play at the World Cup level, in the event that it wants to reach the World Cup.”

Hammad called for the necessity of avoiding stirring the topic of stadiums and hosting, and focusing on playing only, pointing to the importance of playing players in a spirit of responsibility, in addition to the process of motivating the fans in order to support the strong team in the World Cup supplement.

accessibility

The former director of Al -Nasr team and technical analyst Khaled Obaid said that the two matches of the team against Qatar and Oman are determined by the fate about the possibility of the team’s arrival in the World Cup after waiting for four years, pointing out that the coach of the team, Cosmin, got acquainted after the ceremony to conduct the lottery to its competitors in the qualifying attaché to the World Cup, pointing out that the Qatari team had previously faced the UAE team in these qualifiers, and they know each other well, as well His Omani counterpart in the last Gulf Cup.

Khaled Obaid added: “Although the team had an advantage over the Qatari team through the results of the direct confrontations that brought them together in the recent period, it must be cautious about the response of the Qatari team.”

He continued: «As for the Omani team, although his career witnessed in the recent period a decline and changes at the level of the coaches, after he finally took over his training, Portuguese coach Carlos Kirosh, the UAE team must also be careful during the confrontation with him.

Khaled Obaid considered that the team’s task is difficult, but at the same time it is not impossible, stressing the importance of respecting competitors.

And Obaid added: “The team can go to write history after its upcoming matches against Qatar and Oman.”

“Gulf derby”

For his part, the journalist and sports analyst, Adel Mohamed Al Hammadi, described the national team group in the qualified attaché to the 2016 World Cup as “mysterious”, as the three team coaches are new, after they finally trained these teams, in addition to that it will overcome the group’s Gulf stamp matches, which increases the difficulty The three teams are equal and difficult to speculate the result of the three matches and the top group.

Adel Al -Hammadi said: “For the Emirati team, most of its elements are new, as well as the new coach, Kozmin. On the other hand, the Omani team is characterized by that it does not depend on one star, but rather on the group as a whole, and is characterized by defensive hardship, in addition to that he has a good attackers who can make the difference, while the Qatari team includes distinguished elements, and in the recent period achieved great achievements.