This evening, in the conference hall at the headquarters of the Oman Football Association, the press conference for the coach of our national team, Branko Ivankovic, was held to talk about the plan to prepare Al-Ahmar for the coming period. I am completely satisfied with what the players have provided during the last period, in terms of technical level and tactical discipline, and I thank Sheikh Salem bin Saeed Al Wahaibi, President of the Oman Football Association, Secretary General - Executive Director, members of the Board of Directors of the Football Association and all the clubs that contributed to preparing the players.
Then he continued, saying: The delegation of our first national team will leave for the Qatari capital, Doha, to establish an external camp on September 21, and Al-Ahmar will play two friendly matches against teams that will be announced later, as the players are psychologically prepared on a daily basis, as we have a young group of players who must be equipped and motivated. They did well before the matches, and the confidence they showed during the previous confrontations did not come from a vacuum, as there are six attackers in the team, and we will work to prepare them well. From this point of view, during the Saudi match, we involved four attackers and I have complete confidence in all the attackers, and they are qualified to represent The national team, and regarding the professional striker Bader Al-Alawi in the Thai league, I watched many videos, but those in the national team are currently the best locally.
And in his response to one of the attendees: It is not true that the level of the team’s performance is witnessing a decline in the last quarter hour of the match, and we were providing a good level and better than the other party, and this is what happened in the face of Saudi Arabia, when I agreed to train the Oman national team, I had a dream and a goal to reach the Cup the world, and I know for sure that it will not be easy.
Then he added: There were no big differences in level with the rest of the teams, after the first two rounds in the final qualifiers.. Our players have confidence and a culture of winning as I have a preparation plan, and we will work to achieve the goals and objectives, to achieve what we aspire to and the problem of scoring is general in All the teams of the world, and it is difficult to find a striker who does not waste chances in front of the goal, ready for all circumstances and possibilities, whether the next match is held in Qatar Australia and in the end all our effort and continuous work for the fans, and to make them happy in all matches.