Athletes and artists have set four basic challenges, who said that they are waiting for the first national football team coach, Porto Pinto, before the confrontation of Iran and North Korea, scheduled for 20 and 25 this year, within the seventh and eighth rounds for the first group in the third round of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, noting that these challenges are the decline in technical levels of some of the main players in the team During their recent posts with their teams, whether locally or externally, besides that some of the players, whom coach Pinto relies on within the starting lineup, does not play essential with their clubs teams and they were sitting on the bench, in addition to that the third challenge is how the good employment of the players, especially with the joining of new faces for the team in the last list, while the fourth challenge is the importance of Pinto stability on a fixed formation, After the last period witnessed fluctuations in the squad.
The athletes told «Emirates Today» that “the coach of the national team Paulo Pinto is lucky because he has a distinguished group of players, and the new papers that can make the difference, especially in the Iran match, but the biggest challenge for him remains how to create a homogeneous (combination) and understanding from the current elements that were included in the new list of the team.”
The athletes pointed out that the most prominent positive point for the national team and its technical staff is the entry of new players representing a real addition to the team, and they can make the difference in the national team, such as Caio Lucas and Talwan Pereira.
Last Sunday, the team inaugurated an internal camp in the Jabal Ali area in Dubai, after the technical staff chose 27 players for the new mission, while it is expected that the team players will join Al -Ahly and Sharjah youth club players after they are running the Asian summit that took place yesterday.
Exploitation of abilities
The former international player and technical analyst Fahd Khamis said that the national team coach Paulo Pinto has players who know their potential, whether at the level of old or new players in the team, and the matter is in his hand in how to exploit the capabilities of these players. “For me, I am optimistic about the national team,” he added.
Regarding the challenge that the team can face before the confrontations of Iran and North Korea, Khamis said: “The most prominent challenge is how to rely on a fixed assortment, employ its players, and create a homogeneous formation with each other, because the team coach always changes in the squad.”
Regarding the decline in the technical levels of some players, Khamis explained: “It is assumed that the coach will meet the players during the gathering period that precedes the matches of Iran and North Korea, and learn about the problems, especially since there was lack of harmony in some matches.”
He continued, “For me, I consider that the coach of the national team is lucky with this group of players, and all that he has is how to use them.”
Fateful confrontation
In turn, the former international player and former national team supervisor, Dr. Hassan Suhail, said that the current assembly of the team is the important stage in these qualifiers, as he has an important entitlement against Iran and North Korea, respectively, especially the Iran match, which is crucial for the team.
“For the players who were chosen in the new list, the coach focused on the same previous faces, which were previously present with the team in these qualifiers, with some elements such as Caio Lucas, who is a new addition, entered.”
Regarding the inclusion of the new list of the national team, some players who are not playing essential with their teams in the domestic league, Suhail said, “Certainly, this will be influential in the team, but I hope that coach Pinto will work to find solutions by putting in the starting lineup with the most ready and most ready players with their teams with their teams in the last period, because the national team match against Iran is one of the strongest confrontations, so it needs a double effort and a greater focus and focus Physical by the players. ”
Hassan Suhail added, “He won a positive result against the Iranian team at home in Tehran, a difficult issue that needs to be made more effort, and we have a great confidence in the ability of the team players to go into this challenge, and in contrast, I hope that the coach is Pinto to put a court plan that enables the team to overcome the land and the public, as well as to overcome the Iranian team, the leaders of the group, and the confrontation will be a match.”
Full readiness
The sports administrator and technical analyst Ahmed Khalifa Hammad said that one of the most prominent challenges awaiting the coach of the Pinto before the confrontations of Iran and North Korea is that some of the team players in the last period were reserves in their clubs during local competitions, as well as the decline in technical levels of some players without mentioning names.
“The challenge against Pinto is how to return these players to their technical levels before the upcoming matches, so that the team enters the two matches and is in full readiness,” Hammad added.
“The strong positive point that enhances the strength of the team in the next stage is the entry of new players to the team’s list, which is a new addition to the team.”
4 Challenges
1- The technical levels of some of the main players are declined.
2- Some players do not play essential with their clubs teams.
3- Join new faces for the team in the last list.
4- Instability of a fixed assortment during the last period.
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