The national team defeated its counterpart, the Kyrgyz national team, with a clean goal scored by Ali Mabkhout in the 90th minute of the friendly match that brought them together, yesterday, at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Al Jazira Club in Abu Dhabi. The “White” team will play another friendly match against the Oman national team on the sixth of next month in the rehearsal. The last of his preparations, before traveling to Doha, to participate in the 2023 Asian Cup finals scheduled in Qatar, from January 12 to February 10 next.
The team will play in the Asian finals in Group C, alongside the teams of Iran, Palestine and Hong Kong. Despite the numerical deficiency in the ranks of Kyrgyzstan, following the expulsion of Menezhev for receiving the second yellow card in the 46th minute, the experience was useful for the team in identifying the positive and negative points, as the technical staff is led by Portuguese coach Paulo Bento, who seeks to bring the team to the required readiness and stability. On the starting lineup of the team.
The team started the match with a lineup that included goalkeeper Ali Khasif, in defence, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Khaled Al Hashemi, Zayed Al Zaabi and Abdullah Idris, in the midfield Abdullah Ramadan, Yahya Nader and Tahnoun Al Zaabi, and center players Caio Canedo, Ali Saleh, and Ali Mabkhout, an outright striker.
The team’s repeated attempts failed in front of Kyrgyzstan’s goal in the first half, as the visiting team was a difficult opponent despite the numerical deficiency in its ranks. The 41st minute witnessed the best chances for the team during the first half, when Ali Saleh shot a powerful ball that hit the crossbar.
The second half witnessed several changes in the ranks of the team, in order to give the largest number of players the opportunity to benefit from this experience in an attempt to strengthen the offensive side, after coach Pinto pushed Fabio de Lima, Abdul Rahman Saleh, Ali Salmin, Abdullah Hamad and Muhammad Al-Attas. Striker Ali Mabkhout scored the only winning goal from a penalty kick (90).
2023-12-30 22:07:59
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