Yesterday, at the Police Officers Club Stadium in Dubai, the national football team performed its first training session during its internal camp, in preparation for the “Gulf 26” scheduled in Kuwait from the 21st of this month until the 3rd of next January, noting that the team will play within the first group, which includes Along with it are Qatar, Kuwait and Oman.
During the daily training, which will continue until the time of traveling to Kuwait the day after tomorrow, the coach, Paulo Pinto, focuses on the players’ readiness from the tactical and physical aspects, in addition to working on the stability of the starting lineup with which the team will play its first match in the Gulf Championship against Qatar 21 this month.
The national team coach is betting on the high morale of the national team players following the positive results achieved in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, as well as the level of readiness of the players during their participation with their teams, whether in the local or Asian league.
Shabab Al-Ahly players: Hamad Al-Muqbali, Yahya Al-Ghassani, Hareb Abdullah, and Al-Wasl players Caio Canedo, Fabio De Lima, Tahnoon Al-Zaabi and Fares Khalil are scheduled to join the team’s training, following the summit match between Shabab Al-Ahly and Al-Wasl today in the tenth round of the league.
It is noted that the team’s roster for the Gulf Championship was devoid of Al-Wasl player Ali Saleh, although in the recent period he continued to be a starter in Al-Wasl’s squad, but he missed the team’s last two matches against Kyrgyzstan and Qatar, due to the injury he had suffered.
The team’s technical staff, led by Portuguese coach Paulo Bento, chose 26 players for the upcoming Gulf mission, and they are: goalkeeper Khaled Issa, Hamad Al-Muqbali and Ali Khasif. In defense are Muhammad Al-Attas, Lucas Pimenta, Kwame Koidu, Khalifa Al-Hammadi, Khamis Al-Mansouri, Abdullah Idris, Fares Khalil, Khaled Al-Dhanhani and Zayed Sultan. In the middle are Majid Rashid, Yahya Nader, Mackenzie Hunt, Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Abdullah Hamad, Issam Fayez, Marcos Meloni, Solomon Suso, Yahya Al Ghassani, Harib Abdullah, Fabio de Lima and Fahd Badr. In the attack are Bruno Oliveira and Caio Candio.
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