Our Olympic football team will start today in the Asian Cup under 23, as it hosts the eighth group matches that include Bahrain, Brunei and India. The first step of Al -Annabi will be tonight against Brunei at eight in the evening at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Al -Duhail Club, and it is preceded by Bahrain’s meeting with India at the sixth and quarter of the quarter at the Sahim bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar Club at the sixth and quarter.
All the continent’s teams participate in the qualifiers, where they were divided into 11 groups, whose matches are held in the assembly system from one round, to qualify for the finals of 15 teams and they are the leaders of the 11 groups, in addition to the best four teams that won the second place, while the final list is completed with the presence of Saudi Arabia, which hosts this tournament for the first time in its history.
Al -Annabi is considered the strongest candidate with Bahrain at the top of the group, and the final confrontation between them will be on Tuesday, September 9th, is the separation between them, as expectations indicate their superiority over the teams of Brunei and India.
Al -Annabi, the Olympic coach, is led by the Portuguese coach, Illic Valley, who included 28 players for the qualifiers, namely Sami Mazen (Al -Rayyan), Ali Ghalis (Al -Shamal), Mohamed Fawzi (Al -Ahly) to guard the goal, the players: Ahmed Riyad (Al -Ahly), Ahmed Hajana (Al -Waab), Anas Abdel Salam (Kalhra – Spain), the port of Al -Awad (Al -Sailiya) and Ayoub Mohamed (Al -Gharafa).
Jassim Al -Sharshani (Al -Ahly), Saif al -Din Hassan (Al -Gharafa), Abdul Aziz Muhammad (Al -Shahaniya), Abdullah Al -Otaibi (Al -Kawkan Club – Spain), Abdullah Mujib (Kalhra – Spain), Abdullah Mahmoud (Al -Duhail), Ali Muhammad (Al -Ahly), Faris Saeed (Al -Duhail), Muhammad Joudeh (Al -Arabi), Muhammad Khaled (Al -Wakra), Muhammad Siraj (Al -Rayyan) (Al -Shamal), Marwan Sharaf (Al -Arabi), Mustafa Al -Sayed (Al -Rayyan), Muath Ibrahim (Kalhra – Spain), Moaz Al -Wadi (Al -Shahaniya), Nabilal Arfan (Al -Wakra), Nour Al -Din Tamer (Al -Ahly) and Youssef Tariq (Al -Wakra).
Valley Valley: Our goal is to qualify for the finals
The Portuguese Portuguese Valley, our Olympic national football team coach, said that Al -Annabi aimed today to beat Brunei in the opening of the Asian U -23 qualifiers, and qualified for the 2026 finals. He stressed in the press conference held yesterday that the period of preparation was positive and the team is physically and mentally ready to face any competitor.
For his part, Jassem Al -Sharshani, our team player, said that the qualifiers will not be easy, but we have prepared well and we trust our capabilities to provide a distinguished performance. He continued: We are waiting for the presence and support of our fans in the stands, they are the greatest motivation for achieving victories and qualification, God willing.
Amin Jumaa: An opportunity to compete
The Olympic coach, Amin El -Din Jumaa, confirmed his team’s readiness for the Asian qualifiers for the Asian Cup under 23, when Al Annabi meets.
The coach said in his statements during the press conference that preceded the matches: Our preparations were good and we realize that the task will be difficult in the presence of teams that have a great technical value and have a good history, especially the host Qatari team.
The coach added: We look forward to appearing at the required level and achieving the desired results in all the three matches that we play, we have an opportunity to compete and therefore we must stick to it because football has a lot of surprises.