The technical staff of the national football team, led by Portuguese coach Paulo Bento, announced the selection of 30 players in the new list in preparation for its two upcoming matches against Qatar and Iran on the fifth and tenth of the first and second rounds of Group One in the third round of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. Coach Bento kept the same previous faces with the addition of three new players wearing the UAE white shirt for the first time, namely Kwame Koidu, Junior Nday, Mackenzie Hunt and goalkeeper Adly Mohamed.
The national team will begin its preparations for the two matches tomorrow, Saturday, through an internal camp on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, and the Whites will conduct daily training at the New York University stadium.
The players selected in the new list are: Khaled Eisa, Khaled Tawhid, Ali Khaseif, Adly Mohammed, Khaled Al Hashemi, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Mohammed Al Attas, Khamis Al Mansouri, Khaled Al Dhanhani, Zayed Sultan, Kwame Kwaido, Abdullah Idris, Abdulrahman Saleh, Ali Salmeen, Yahya Nader, Mohammed Abbas, Majed Rashid, Abdullah Hamad, Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Essam Fayez, Yahya Al Ghassani, Hareb Abdullah, Fabio De Lima, Ali Saleh, Sultan Adel, Mackenzie Hunt, Fahad Bader, Junior Ndaye, Mohammed Juma, and Caio Canedo.
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