Al -Abyad faces Italian Lichy in preparation for Oman and Qatar

The national football team is playing, at 7:30 pm, Emirates time, its first friendly match with the Italian team, Lechi, at the “Jinbakir Anio” stadium, within its external camp currently in Austria, in the framework of preparations to confront the teams of Oman and Qatar on October 11 and 14 next, in a row, within the eligibility qualified to the 2026 World Cup.

It is noteworthy that the team’s camp in Austria will continue until the sixth of next month, knowing that the last friendly match played by the team was on January 6, 2024, in front of its Omani counterpart, and ended with the last victory with a clean goal, as part of the team’s preparations for the 2024 Asian Cup finals held in Qatar.

This match is a golden opportunity for the technical staff, led by Romanian coach Olario Cosmin, to get close to his players, and to stand on their technical levels, especially the new elements that were summoned for the first time in the last list.

Al -Abyad had started its external camp on the 26th of this month, during which he fought intensive morning and evening exercises, in which the technical staff focused on preparing the team physically, psychologically, technically and tactically, to reach complete readiness before the upcoming entitlement.

Cosmin is expected to give the opportunity to the largest possible number of players during the match, especially after the list shrinking to 28 players, after the player Majid Hassan left the camp, after medical examinations demonstrated his injury and his need for treatment and comfort, after he was injured during his participation with his club Sharjah in one of the friendly matches.

Each player in the national team seeks to prove his technical worth, especially since the list includes five new faces that wears the team’s shirt for the first time.

The technical staff is expected to take advantage of this experience to apply its technical and tactical plans, and perhaps stability on the starting lineup that will play my attachment matches.

The former coach of the national team, Portuguese Paulo Pinto, preferred not to play friendly matches before the official benefits, despite the team’s urgent need, especially during his participation in the first group of the third round in the World Cup qualifiers, which included teams alongside: Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and North Korea.

The technical staff will stand during today’s match, as well as the physical and technical status of the players, after they left a long football season, and their participation in external preparation camps with their clubs, in preparation for the new season 2025-2026.

Although the Italian team Lichy suffered last season in the Italian League, and almost landed to the second degree after finishing the 17th place with 34 points, it includes distinguished elements, which makes the confrontation with it very useful for the national team, given the level of friction with experienced players in European leagues.

. The match is an opportunity for the technical staff to stand at the level of the players, especially the new elements.

. Cosmin is expected to give the opportunity to the largest possible number of players during the match.