The Olympic Whites begin their “Paris 2024” dream against South Korea

The Olympic National Football Team will launch its campaign in the AFC U-23 Cup finals qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, facing the South Korean national team at 7:30 pm today, UAE time, at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, within the second group, which includes… Also, the national teams of Japan and China, where they meet at the same time.

Despite the difficulty of the task, the team plans to repeat the scenario of its qualification to the Olympic Games that were held in London in 2012, noting that this tournament is held with the participation of 16 teams, and its competitions continue until the third of next May.

According to the tournament regulations, the top three teams qualify directly for the Olympics, while the fourth-place team plays an international berth with an African team.

The difficulty facing the Olympic team in the match comes from the fact that it will play against one of the most prominent teams nominated to win the title, which is the South Korean team, champion of the 2020 edition.

The team’s technical staff, led by Uruguayan coach Marcelo Broli, is betting on new elements and distinctive faces to change the team’s image, after the negative results it achieved in the last period, the most recent of which was its obtaining last place in the West Asian Under-23 Championship, which was held last March, as it lost. Against Egypt and Iraq, and tied against Thailand before losing to the latter with a clean goal in the match to determine seventh and eighth places in the same tournament.

Olympic White finished its preparations for this tournament, after recently holding an internal preparation camp in Dubai for a week, during which it played a friendly match against the Indonesian national team, which it lost 1-0.

The team’s technical staff selected 27 players to travel to Doha before the final list was reduced to 23 players in accordance with the tournament regulations in this regard.

For his part, Uruguayan Olympic team coach Marcelo Broli confirmed that all the team players are fully prepared for the opening match, which is extremely important, indicating that he aspires to achieve a positive start with the team in his first official match since his appointment as coach of the team last February. Broly said during the press conference: “The match is against a very strong team that includes distinguished players.” Pointing out that he aspires to make a positive start with the national team in his first official match since his appointment as national team coach last February.