This evening, our first national football team will conduct its basic training in preparation for the fateful confrontation with the Emirates the day after tomorrow in the second match of the continental playoff qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
Al-Anabi’s Spanish coach, Lopetegui, will decide in today’s basic training all matters related to the confrontation with the Emirates, after the coach’s vision of the Emirates-Oman match that was held yesterday, and in light of its result, the plan and method of play will be determined, and other technical matters will be determined based on the coach’s vision of the Emirati team in yesterday’s match and after identifying its strengths.
In all cases, Annabi’s slogan in the crucial and deciding match will be victory only and nothing else, as there is no substitute for three points in order to seize the golden opportunity and qualify directly for the World Cup.
The Emirates match became a championship match, and became a deciding, decisive and fateful match in which there was no substitute for victory, whether by a goal or more than one goal. In order to be honest with ourselves, we must admit and keep Al-Anabi, its coach, and its stars in mind that the UAE match is the last chance to qualify for the World Cup, and our players must cling with all their strength to this opportunity, no matter how difficult it is, and fight for victory and the three points for which there is no alternative. There may be a chance for the Asian playoff and then the FIFA Championship as a last chance to reach the World Cup, but the real chance and last chance is the Emirates match, as the journey after that will be very difficult and very tough, and the success rate in it is not great.
The success rate may be available in the Asian Playoff, then the FIFA Championship, both of which are linked to each other, and it is necessary to pass the Asian Playoff, then the FIFA Championship.
A very difficult journey
In order to be more frank with ourselves, and so that everyone knows how difficult and difficult the Emirates match is and the need for Al-Anabi to make every effort, and to have a larger crowd presence than the Oman match, we must know that not taking advantage of the opportunity against the Emirates will not result in direct qualification being lost if it does not win over the Emirates, but rather it may cause the team to bid farewell to the World Cup dream in general, as it will be required to obtain the runner-up in the group in order to complete the difficult journey.
In the event of obtaining runner-up in the group, it will face the runner-up of Group Two (Saudi Arabia – Iraq – Indonesia) in the Asian playoff, back and forth next November.
