Facing Saudi Arabia or Iraq is the best preparation for the team before the attachment

The national coach, Abdel -Majid Al -Nimr, said that the technical staff of the national football team, led by Romanian coach Olario Cosmin, stood on the readiness of the players through the two friendly matches that the team finally fought in his camp in Austria, in front of the Italian teams of Lichy and Bravo Slovenian, indicating that the confrontation of Saudi Arabia or Iraq gives the “white” the best way to prepare before the World Cup supplement.

The national team won in the two friendly matches, 3-1 against Lechi, and 2-1 against Bravo Slovenin in the second and final match, as part of the preparations for the two expected matches against the teams of Oman and Qatar, on October 11 and 14, within the eligibility qualified to the 2026 World Cup.

Al -Nimr added in a statement to «Emirates Today» that “although the coach of the national team had specific goals from playing two friendly matches in the Austria camp, I would have preferred to play at least one friendly match, if they were not two, against a Gulf national team, especially the Saudi or Iraqi team, given the similarity of their preparations with our team’s preparations for the supplement, what could have given us a better impression of technical readiness For the team. ”

On the most prominent technical gains from the Austria camp, Al -Nimr explained: “I think that one of the most prominent technical gains for the camp is the success of the coach in building a homogeneous combination between the players, especially after a new group joined the team, in addition to communicating his idea and methodology to the players, with the aim of reaching the best squad and style playing in both defensive and offensive.”

Regarding the injuries that the two players, Majid Hassan and Fabio de Lima, were subjected to, after which the camp, Al -Nimr said: “There is no doubt that Majid Hassan and Lima are good players, but in the current period the coach has appropriate alternatives, after a number of new elements joined the team.”

Yesterday, the team concluded its external camp, which was held in Austria since last July 26, with the players returning to their clubs again, to continue their preparations in preparation for the start of the new football season, and the technical staff announced a preliminary list that included 29 players, before shrinking to 27 players, after leaving Majid Hassan and Fabio de Lima, due to the injury.

Coach Kozmin hopes that the team will compensate through his participation in the World Cup attaché, the opportunity to qualify directly to the World Cup, which he lost after he came third in the first group with 15 points, behind the teams of Iran and Uzbekistan who qualified directly, while the national team moved to the attachment accompanied by the Qatar national team, which came fourth with 13 points.

According to the tournament system, the team that occupies the first place in each of the first and second groups directly to the World Cup, while the second place in the two groups meets, in two round and forth confrontations on November 13 and 18, to determine the qualifying team to the global attaché representing the Asian continent.