The current Al-Bataeh team player and former national football team player, Mohamed Ahmed, said that his love and passion for football is behind his continuation in the stadiums despite reaching the age of 35, indicating that he seeks to continue playing during the next season, whether with his current club Al-Bataeh or with any other club. As long as he feels able to give, stressing the importance of a football player preserving himself to continue for a long time on the field.
Mohamed Ahmed spoke about the national football team, stressing his great confidence in the players of the current generation, and that the team is capable of reaching the 2026 World Cup. He also stressed that his team, Al-Bataeh, is able to compensate and restore positive results, stressing that it is too early to talk about the team’s decline, especially with 15 remaining days. A match in the ADNOC Professional League.
In response to a question about what the team is currently lacking in the wake of its early exit from the last Gulf Cup held in Kuwait, “Gulf 26,” he told “Emirates Al-Youm”: “The team presented good levels, but it was suffering from not taking advantage of opportunities and bad luck in some matches. Although I am not currently close to the national team, the players gave everything they had, whether in the World Cup qualifiers or in the Gulf Cup in Kuwait, and I believe that the goals that Al-Abyad conceded were due to individual errors.”
Regarding the difference between his generation in the team that won the “Gulf 21” Cup, which was held in Bahrain in 2013, and the current generation, which participated in “Gulf 26,” he said: “My generation started together from a young age, starting with the youth and Olympic teams as well as the first team. Also, there was more cooperation and understanding between us as players on the field, while the current generation needs to increase understanding more between them, and I have great hope in their ability to reach the Cup finals. the world”.
Mohamed Ahmed has a busy career with the national team, as he was part of the starting lineup that won the “Gulf 21” title, as if he was one of the most prominent players of his generation, which included a group of distinguished players such as Omar Abdul Rahman (Amouri), Ahmed Khalil, and Ali Mabkhout.
Ahmed continued: “As a former national team player, and as a current national team fan, I will be the first to support him in order to reach the furthest extent in the World Cup qualifiers, and I wish him success.”
Regarding the player he admires in the national team, Ahmed explained: “I greatly admire Khalifa Al Hammadi and praise him, despite the criticism he was subjected to in the last Gulf Cup, and I see that he appeared at a good level, and the player always makes his decision on the field in a short time of a fraction of a second, and mistakes He talked about football, and he will learn from these mistakes and be able to come back strong.”
Ahmed talked about whether Al-Bataeh was in danger of being relegated to the first division in the wake of the team’s recent negative results in the ADNOC Professional League, the last of which was a loss to Al-Jazira by three clean goals in the 11th round. He said: “The team is able to compensate, especially since there are two rounds remaining at the end of the first round.” of the league, in addition to 13 rounds in the second round, so the team has a good opportunity to compensate and regain positive results.”
Al-Bataeh currently occupies the penultimate place in the league standings with only five points, as the team has played 11 matches so far, winning one, drawing two matches, and losing eight matches.
Mohamed Ahmed is considered one of the key elements in the Al-Bataeh squad, as he played in the team’s starting lineup in 10 out of 11 matches, and his playing minutes amounted to 855 minutes.
Regarding the problem that Al-Bataeh suffers from, even though it includes distinguished players, including those with long experience, such as Ahmed Khalil and other players, he said: “I do not see that there is currently any problem in Al-Bataeh, because the team is training well and the coach is giving everything he has and it can be… Bad luck or not taking advantage of opportunities is what made the team reach this stage, although in the last five matches the team continued to perform at strong levels and possessed the ball, but it did not take advantage of opportunities while its competitors took advantage of opportunities and scored goals.”
Muhammad Ahmed:
. I am very impressed with the level of player Khalifa Al Hammadi, despite the criticism he was subjected to in “Gulf 26”.
. I trust the players of the current generation in the national team, but they need to increase understanding between them more.
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