The official formation of the UAE national team against Qatar.
The Al-Jazeera striker is a starter in the “Al-Abyad” lineup against Qatar… and Caio is a substitute
Sayed Mustafa – Dubai
The Portuguese national football team coach, Paulo Bento, put his trust in Al Jazira striker, Bruno Oliveira, to lead the White attack against Qatar, in the sixth round of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
This will be the second match in which Bruno Oliveira enters the starting lineup for the national team, after the North Korea match in the third round, which ended in a positive 1-1 draw.
Bruno Oliveira participated as a substitute in the Uzbekistan match in the fourth round at the 70th minute, and he also participated as a substitute in the last Kyrgyzstan match, at the 73rd minute.
The Al Jazira striker joined the starting lineup against Qatar, at the expense of Caio Canedo, whom the coach preferred to put on the bench.
The Al-Abyad squad against Qatar included Khaled Issa, in goalkeeping, and in front of him were the quartet, Khaled Al-Dhanhani, Khalifa Al-Hammadi, Kwame Koidu, and Marcos Meloni for “defense,” Yahya Nader, Majed Rashid, Harib Abdullah, and Fabio Lima for “midfield,” and in front of them was Yahya Al-Ghassani. And Bruno Oliveira “for the attack.”
The national team’s coach, Mackenzie Hunt, was excluded from the starting lineup and remained on the bench despite his brilliance in the last match against Kyrgyzstan. The duo, Kwame Koidu and Khaled Al-Dhanhani, were introduced at the expense of Mohamed Al-Attas and Zayed Sultan.
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