Sports analyst, Siteb Khater, confirmed that the Portuguese national team coach, Paulo Pinto, did not provide what he deserves to stay with the Emirates team, pointing out that the Football Association is the most familiar and knowledgeable of the coach’s position if he achieved what was required of him when he was contracted.
Khater spoke to «Emirates Today» about whether the national team match against North Korea, today, in the qualifiers of the Asian Cup for the 2026 World Cup, is the last opportunity for Pinto, and he said: “According to the vision of the Football Association, and the goals that were set when the coach was contracted, as I do not know what is the goal of the federation, and if it is to qualify for the World Cup or something else .. And for me I see that Paulo Pinto did not provide what he deserves with the team And if there was another coach, he would have provided better results than Pinto. ”
The former UAE player explained that the team appeared not well against the Iran national team in the last round, which it lost with a score of zero -2, and said: “The match was not as required, whether in terms of dealing with the technical administration, or by the players, as there were reasons that led to this performance, especially since there are a number of players who do not participate mainly in the league.”
He continued: “Some players are not good at playing in a 3-5-2 or 5-3-2 way, so we started the match in a wrong way, and it is natural for the team to lose.”
As for the mistakes that Pinto should avoid before confronting North Korea, he said: “The mistakes that must be remedied are realistically, playing in a way that suits the players, as the majority of clubs play in a 4-3-3 way, and the team itself played in this way, in addition to the need to rely on the ready elements that participate mainly with their clubs.”
He added, “Yahya Al -Ghassani, for example, has not played for a long time, and he should not be oppressed, but his physical fitness did not help him to play a strong match in the World Cup qualifiers.”
In response to a question about what was the intervention that should have happened after Iran scored the first goal, he said: “There should have been an initiative to correct the way of playing, and I see that the coach did this in the second half by involving the players who were supposed to start the meeting, while there was a question mark with the participation of the player McKinsey Hunt in the left -back position for the first time, where Marcus Meloni was playing in this position, and I see that there was no way for the experience On the ready names to participate in the match.
On his opinion on the performance of the defense line players and the possibility of a change in the squad, he said: “Khalifa Al Hammadi must continue in the starting lineup, and for Kwami sometimes it appears well, and sometimes his level declines.”
And he added: «Everyone knows that facing Iran depends on physical strength, so how Abdullah Ramadan was involved, for example, who finally returned from injury, and is not ready to participate, and the same thing for Harb Abdullah, who does not participate in the youth of Al -Ahly with his colleague Yahya Al -Ghassani, and frankly I expected that Fabio Lima will start essentially, especially that he is very brilliant.
He continued: “The team should benefit from the joining of Caio Lucas, and most importantly, as the ready player stated, he is participating, as these matches are not for the experience, while I see that not playing friendly matches before confronting Iran is a question mark.”
Square Khater:
. The current team’s matches are not for the experience .. It is best to rely on ready.
. A question mark not to play friendly matches … and everyone knows that facing Iran depends on strength.
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