The national coach and former international goalkeeper, Moataz Abdullah, said that the fans’ confidence in the Portuguese coach Paulo Pinto will only return in the event of a victory over North Korea, tomorrow, in the eighth round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, especially after the loss he suffered in the last round against the Iranian team with two clean goals, stressing that “Al -Abyad” has strength in individuals but not as a group, as he put it.
The team’s balance was frozen at 10 points in third place on the Group A standings list, late for the leaders of the leaders (19 points) and the Uzbek (16 points).
Moataz Abdullah told «Emirates Today»: “The only thing that will restore confidence between the sports street and Bento is the positive results, and one of the Football Association officials must explain the strategy of the work of the technical staff of the national team, so that there will be a consensus between the three parties, which is the fans and the Football Association and the coach, especially since the Football Association explained its plan and strategy will help Pinto.”
He continued: «At the upcoming level of the North Korea match, the team management must prepare the players for the match, especially since the North Korean team will not play at home and its fans, and if he had played at home, he will have a strong reaction after losing to Qatar with five in the last round.
He continued: «Establishing the national team match against North Korea in Riyadh is an opportunity that Pinto must take advantage of, as the Korean team will play outside its home and away from its fans.
Moataz Abdullah touched on the national team match with his Iranian counterpart, and said: “As for the Iran match, the lack of knowledge of the new players who joined the team led to the failure to develop a plan and a strategy to dismantle the Iranian team, and the majority of the players who joined the team finally are not playing essential with their flap, so it was difficult for the coach to form a strong combination of players who do not play essential with their teams Himself, he developed a strong plan to beat the Iranian national team, which is one of the best teams in Asia now. ”
Moataz Abdullah continued: “The Iranian team coach, Amir Qalino, was distinguished during the match, not only by setting a technical strategy, but also playing boldly through which he succeeded in deciphering the UAE team’s code, by relying on his plan on the players who play in the Emirati league such as Sam Qadous, Mahdi Qaidi and Sardar Azmoun.”
Moataz Abdullah added: “The team will appear in some matches strongly against the teams that are in its technical level, but currently more of the team must not be requested in its current position, and I think that even if any coach has been attracted to train (Al -Abyad), he will not be able to excel over teams such as Japan, South Korea and Iran, because these teams excel in the technical level, and I see that everyone must be patient with the team and the coach Pinto and not to rush the results.”
He continued: “There are the names of players that emerge from every period to time, but they did not emerge with the national team as an integrated group.”
He continued: «There is an excessive optimism in the possibility of the national team to qualify for the World Cup, and this will affect the fan or follower in the state of Tuhan.
As for whether he supports the contract with a new coach for the national team, Moataz Abdullah said: “I do not like to change Pinto, but rather the same plan that the strong teams followed in Asia, such as the Iranian and Japanese team, which is the contract with a coach for four years, and letting him complete the full World Cup tournament until his work is evaluated, and this matter is supposed to happen for the national team, and then the coach’s work is evaluated and held accountable. The coach is held accountable after each match. ”
He explained: «The coach Pinto must be left completely, and then he is evaluated for the whole stage, instead of changing the coach every three or four games, and this will cause an imbalance in the national team, so I am with the strategy of the Football Association to complete the coach, although I see it difficult for the coach to complete his career with the team, and this matter is followed by the majority of local clubs with the coaches, which is the issue of changing the coach without changing the coach without changing the coach Patience for him. ”
“The team has strength in the individuals who joined it as elements, but not as a group, such as Caio Lucas, Kayo Kanedo, Lima, and he fought Abdullah and Yahya Al -Ghassani, but on the ground, these players are not prominent in terms of Asian participation with their teams, and they are not influential with their clubs, and the other half of them does not play essential with his teams in the league, and for example we find during the Asian participants Cao Kanedo as well Lima reserved, as well as jungle, reserve or out of the list, and the only player who was playing with his team essentially on the Asian participation level is Lucas Pimanta, but he is currently not in harmony with the rest of the defense line players.
Moataz Abdullah:
. Is the Football Association satisfied with Pinto’s performance and players? We want to hear his opinion.
. It is difficult for the coach to put a selection of players who do not play with their teams.
. There is an optimistic optimism about the national team qualification to the 2026 World Cup.
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