Before the start of the Arab Cup tournament, which will start on the first of next month, and before the start of the playoff matches that will be played next week, and we are talking about the teams that will participate, whether in the playoff or at the beginning of the tournament, we find that there are 6 teams led by local coaches: Helmi Toulan with the Egyptian team, Sami Trabelsi with the Tunisian team, Ihab Abu Jazar with the Palestinian team, Majeed Bougherra with the Algerian team, Youssef Ali Nour with the Somali team, Tariq Al-Saktiwi with the Moroccan team, and the rest. The teams are led by foreign coaches.
Big ambitions for Trabelsi
The Tunisian team, led by its national coach Sami Trabelsi, enters the tournament with great challenges, especially since it will participate in the first team and not in the second group, similar to the North African countries who preferred to participate in the second group in order to have the opportunity to participate in the African Cup, which will be held in Morocco. The Tunisian team will be in the first group with our national team, waiting for the other two teams from the supplement, between Syria and the South Sudan team, and the fourth party will be between Palestine and Libya, and Trabelsi knows the Qatari stadiums and football well. Considering that he led the Al Sailiya team for several years.
Baghra and the dream of retaining the title
The Algerian team, the holder of the previous edition’s title, enters with its national coach, Madjid Bougherra, who won the previous title in Qatar. The coach and his players dream of retaining the championship for the second time in a row, even though he will be playing in the second row, but this will not prevent the desert warriors from shining. Algeria is in the fourth group with the Iraqi teams, waiting for the end of the two playoff matches between Bahrain and Djibouti, and the other match will be between Lebanon and Sudan.
Toulan defies difficulties
The Egyptian team enters the tournament with the participation of players from the second row, considering that the first team will play in the African Cup of Nations. Despite the difficulties, Egyptian coach Helmy Tolan defies these circumstances and the challenge announced that he is coming to Doha to appear with a distinctive face, especially since the friendly matches that precede the tournament confirm that the Pharaohs are in good technical condition and able to be present in the final rounds, and Egypt is in the second group with the teams of Jordan and the Emirates waiting for the fourth party between Kuwait or Mauritania.
Sectioi with black atlas
The Moroccan team is led by Tariq Al-Saktiwi in the second row, and despite the absence of the first team players, the Moroccan team has a strong second row, distinguished by the presence of players in the Moroccan league alongside those who play in the Arab and Gulf leagues, and the Moroccan team is in the second group of the tournament with Saudi Arabia, waiting for Oman or Somalia, next to Yemen or the Comoros.
Al-Fada’i Abu Jazar
The Palestinian team will play Ihab Abu Jazar, who will face a difficult test against the Libyan team in the playoff match, so that Al-Fedayi will be in the first group with our national team and its Tunisian counterpart, and waiting for Syria or South Sudan. The coach is counting on a number of distinguished players, including Wissam Abu Ali, a professional in the American League, along with Hamed Hamdan, Uday Al-Dabbagh, Tamer Siam, Moataz Al-Battat, and many distinguished names capable of crossing the Libyan team.
Somalia is facing a difficult test
The Somali team must pass the Omani team in the playoffs in order to join the second group in the Arab Cup, along with the teams of Saudi Arabia and Morocco, next to Yemen or the Comoros. The Somali team enters with coach Yusuf Ali Norohu. He currently holds the position of coach of the Somali team. He began his career as a player in Somalia and then played the role of captain of the team from 1997 to 2010. After his retirement, he headed to coaching and achieved successes with Somali clubs.