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A flexible Emirati soccer team will meet Bahrain in an international friendly match as part of its preparations for the joint Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup at Zabeel Stadium on Monday. .
In their last friendly match on Thursday, the United Arab Emirates defeated Tajikistan 3-2.
Ali Ahmed Al-Mabkhout scored a brace and Ali Saleh added a goal in the final moments to seal their team’s victory. .
The match against Bahrain will again give Jorge Luis Pinto a chance to get a good composition and pick the players ahead of the final qualifying camp.. . The sooner the players emerge on the team, it would be better for the coach to explain their roles to them.
Pinto has yet to coach the team in any official matches since his appointment in June. The UAE had handed over the reins of the team to the expert Pinto before their qualifiers.
But Pinto’s wait to transfer the team to the field for any official match was extended after the qualifiers, which were supposed to take place in September and October, were postponed due to the Corona virus.. .
Since then, Pinto has supervised several adaptation camps abroad and in the country and led the team in some friendly matches.. UAE players undergo grueling training at Air Conditioning camp in preparation for the World Cup qualifiers.
National team player Ali Salmin, who returned to the fold after a long absence due to injury, repeated his comment, saying: « Friendly matches increase harmony between players.. . They help implement the plans set by Coach Pinto and his crew.  »
« We played a good game against Tajikistan and we had a fighting spirit. Our performance in the second half was great because we didn’t reverse the lead, we won the match as well, which is a very good sign.  ». .
Over the past two days, the coach has been dealing with the negatives of the Tajikistan match and urging the team to correct those mistakes against Bahrain.. . Because it is a very important game. We will strive to win the Bahrain match because it will be great morale.
Meanwhile, the dates for the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup were approved by the AFC Competitions Committee last week.. .
The matches of the second round will be held in March and June of next year, and the third round will be held in September. The joint qualifiers have been postponed twice due to the pandemic that has wreaked havoc around the world and sport has been one of the sectors hardest hit..
The United Arab Emirates, which is fourth in their group, needs to win all four matches to reach the next round. The main mission of the seventies will be to see the UAE reach the next round of joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. .
UAE Football Association presidents hope the experienced coach, who has accepted the challenge of moving the country to the next round, will live up to his reputation as a man who never gives up.. .
Vietnam leads the group with 11 points, followed by Malaysia in second place with nine points, Thailand in third place with eight and the UAE in fourth place with six points.. .

The matches of the second round will be held in March and June of next year, with the third round to be held in September.

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