Al-Naqbi: 4 gains for the team in the “Dubai Basket”

The director of the national teams, Rashid Al-Naqbi, revealed four gains achieved by “Al-Abyad”, despite his exit from the quarter-final round in the Dubai International Championship in its 32nd edition, after losing with difficulty to the Lebanese “Beirut” in the quarter-final round, most notably giving the new elements strong friction experiences. Before the important merit of the national team, which begins on the 20th of this month in the second window of the Asian qualifiers.

Al-Naqbi told Emirates Al-Youm: “The calculations of victory and loss were outside the interests of the national team’s technical staff, in light of the significant absences of injury, and their replacement with new players who register their presence for the first time in the national team’s list, and keenness to give new blood opportunities for harmony, in addition to obtaining friction experiences.” Strong, with teams and clubs whose style of play is similar to that which we will meet in the second window of the Asian qualifiers in Qatar, to grab one of the four qualifying cards for the third window next November.

He explained: «The team was strengthened with new elements: Muhammad Abdul Rahman from Al-Bataeh Club, Faisal Muhammad from Al-Nasr, and Khaled Khalifa from Al-Wasl, and to compensate for the absent elements of the injury, namely: Rashid Nasser, Jassim Muhammad and Muhammad Abdul-Latif, who missed the first three matches, before returning to participate, with a goal. Obtaining the required friction opportunities, and gaining self-confidence to play strong matches.

He added: «The technical staff set in advance the goals of participating in the (Dubai basket), the most prominent of which is achieving the highest possible benefits of friction with teams the size of the Philippine (Strong Group), the Syrian unit, the Lebanese “Dynamo”, and the Libyan victory, which is similar to the majority of the style. Her quick play and style on the pitch, which we will meet in the second window of the Asian qualifiers in Qatar, which brings us together with the teams of Kuwait, Iraq and Palestine.

14 minutes for fresh blood

Al-Naqbi said: “Despite the exit from the quarter-final round, we succeeded in giving the new faces alongside the young players playing rates of up to 14 minutes per match, which gives (Al-Abyad) and with the return of the injured, obtaining additional options at the level of the bench, with players They gained friction experiences in strong confrontations.

Talent Hamed

The director of the national teams confirmed that the Dubai International Basketball Championship stood witness to the continued development of the new talent in the Emirates basket, player Hamed Abdel Latif, and said: “The young Hamid Abdel Latif (21 years) succeeded in confirming his talent, and rising to strong levels of contact with the elite foreign professionals. , after he gave a remarkable performance in front of the Syrian unit, and completed it with his strong participation in front of the Lebanese (Beirut) and his brilliance in the three-pointers.

Game Maker Center

Al-Naqbi referred to the significant absence of elements of experience at the level of the playmaker position in the national team, and said: “The team suffers from significant absences in terms of elements of experience in the playmaking center, or what is known as (the team’s mind), before confidence is given to young blood, and reliance on Rashid Ayman and Faisal Muhammad, who confirmed that they are up to the responsibility, in terms of their consistency with the thought of the technical staff and the elements of experience on the field.

High enrollment rates

Al-Naqbi drew attention to the continued brilliance of the team’s star, Qais Omar, in terms of high scoring rates, and said: “Despite the team’s suffering in terms of the difference in the factor of height, the team’s star, Qais Omar, was up to the challenges, and played an active role under the basket of competitors, and succeeded in recording averages.” High points, most notably reaching 35 points in the opening match against the Philippine (Strong Group).