Former national team player and current Al-Arabi club player, Mohamed Fawzi, confirmed that the Gulf tournaments contributed to the great development of Gulf football, which had a positive impact on the Emirati “Al-Abyad” in increasing football maturity and discovering talent, and contributed to the UAE national team winning third place in the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia is led by former national team coach Mehdi Ali.
Muhammad Fawzi, who won the “Gulf 21” title with the national team, confirmed that Bin Mahdi Ali is the best coach of his time, due to his unique style in recruiting players, reading their potential, and his keenness for the players to reach the stage of football maturity required before each tournament, indicating that he He is still in constant contact with Mahdi Ali, and consults him on many sporting and other matters.
Muhammad Fawzi told Emirates Al-Youm: “I played in three Gulf tournaments in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait, and the best of them was in Bahrain when we won the (Gulf 21) title after winning the final over Iraq with a fatal goal scored by Ismail Al-Hammadi,” noting that “Coach Mahdi Ali was It works to enhance understanding and harmony between players on the field and in the locker room, which created many victories in the Gulf tournaments.”
Regarding the team’s current chances in “Gulf 26”, which begins within days in Kuwait, Muhammad Fawzi explained that the team has reached a good technical stage that qualifies it to reach the final and win the third title, after winning “Gulf 18” and “Gulf 21”, as it enjoys… It has distinguished players, in addition to reaching a stage of good technical stability, which was revealed in the last two matches he played in the World Cup qualifiers, and he continued: “We hope that the current team will succeed in winning.” The next tournament, despite its difficulty, will bring together teams currently participating in the World Cup qualifiers, making it the strongest tournament in the last 10 tournaments, and the teams of Saudi Arabia and Iraq can be considered the closest to facing the UAE in the final.
Goal maker who doesn’t score
Muhammad Fawzi added, “I did not score goals in the previous Gulf tournaments, but I am proud that I was the reason for creating influential roles in attacks and goals,” indicating that the Gulf tournaments created an unprecedented football audience, and the audience in turn supported many talents, and because of that, the teams developed and rose. The level of matches, and with it winning the title became a major achievement.
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Mohamed Fawzi revealed his ambition to lead his current team, Al-Arabi Club, to promotion and play in the ADNOC Professional League. He said: “It will be an added happiness and a great achievement, especially since Al-Arabi has never been promoted, and this success will add to the many previous successes he achieved with teams like Kalba.” , Shabab Al-Ahly, Baniyas, Al-Ain, Al-Jazira and Al-Nasr,” describing his current team as capable of doing so thanks to the support of the club management, the generosity and ambition of the players, and the efforts of the technical staff of the Bahraini coach. Issa Al-Saadoun, expressing his overwhelming happiness for scoring a precious goal against his rival Dibba, which put him at the top of the standings.
Muhammad Fawzi:
. Mehdi Ali is the best coach I have ever known.. and I am in constant contact with him.
. I did not score goals in previous tournaments, but I am proud of my influential roles.
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