An Emirati camp for the Lebanese team … despite Corona

The Lebanese soccer team played its first training session at the Al-Ittihad Stadium of the United Arab Emirates in Dubai as part of its preparatory camp for the remaining matches of the 2022 World Cup and Asia 2023 qualifiers. 23 players will be in attendance. under the watchful eye of Technical Director Jamal Taha and his assistants before the friendly match with the Bahrain national team on Thursday at 4pm local time. Beirut The team is missing new faces and many elements. There are two main reasons behind absenteeism: Crown and injury. The first reason is the absence of seven major players, either due to the evidence of contagion with the Coronavirus or due to the health measures imposed by this pandemic. Hilal Al-Hilweh, Felix Melki, Majid Othman, Qasim Al-Zain, Rabih Ataya, Omar Shaban, Joan Al-Omari. Each player has a history with this crisis, as Othman and Maliki are currently infected with the virus, and the rest are unable to join the mission due to the measures imposed upon their return to their country at the level of the 14 quarantine period. days, they will lose them from important matches for their teams with whom they are playing. So Sweet is not injured, but some of his teammates are injured, which imposed a complete stone on the team. Qasim Al-Zein is absent due to the difficulty of obtaining a new entry visa to Kuwait due to health procedures. Rabih Ataya, Omar Shaaban and Joan Al-Omari will affect their presence with their teams after the return period, especially Ataya, who will miss both cup matches, while Al-Omari, his Japanese team, will be in Qatar to participate in the remaining games for East Asia in the Champions League.

Injuries are the second reason and goalkeeper Mahdi Khalil, who was injured in his team’s meeting with Al-Ahed in the sixth week of the league, was absent. The same applies to Al-Ansar player Hassan Shaito “Shbrico”. As for the Al-Ahd player Muhammad Haydar, he is still unprepared after his return from the injury he suffered with his team against Al-Tadamon in the third week of the league.
The absence of goalkeeper Khalil forced Nijma goalkeeper Ali Al Saba to call up, despite not participating with his team due to his experience. Sahel goalkeeper Ali Daher has a good chance of participating in the match as a starting point, especially in light of his performance this season, beating second goalkeeper Mustafa Matar. The call of the seven is also framed by the team’s inability to go to a camp and play a friendly match with two guards only after Mahdi Khalil was injured. The illness of either of the two goalkeepers will put the team before the problem of having only one goalkeeper in the game with Bahrain.

The union of two professional players abroad: Khaled Mohsen and Muhammad Ali Dahini

The United Arab Emirates camp, which arrived with “half” an invitation from the host country, will bear the cost of accommodation, while the Lebanese Federation will bear the cost of travel cards. It occurs during an international recess on “FIFA Days” and was supposed to run until the 17th of this month and not the 12th. However, the deadline was shortened due to the impossibility of holding a second friendly match with the Jordanian team, which may not be able to attend due to the Corona problem.
The opportunity will be available to coach Jamal Taha and his assistants to see a group of players, some of whom have never been with Taha during the last period. The most important thing is the union of two professional players abroad, namely: Khaled Mohsen, who plays for the German team Vinesec Lübeck, and Muhammad Ali Dahini, who plays for the Swedish team Teleborg. Two midfield players no older than twenty-four will be an advantage for the Lebanese team if they are satisfied with the coaching staff. It will also be an opportunity for many new faces to show their presence and present themselves even if it is not for the near future stage with the return of the main players, but for the future, where these players will be the mainstay of the Lebanese team after the withdrawal of the great players if they show it in light of the arrival of a new generation to the national team to compete for the classification. World Cup 2026.

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23 players in the national team
The coaching staff of the Lebanese team, headed by technical director Jamal Taha (photo), chose 23 players, they are: Hassan Maatouk, Nassar Nassar, Hassan Shaito “Moni”, Karim Darwish, Nader Matar (Al-Ansar), Nour Mansour, Hussein Zain, Hussein Munther and Muhammad Qaddouh (Al-Ahed), Ali Daher, Hussein Rizk and Abbas Asi (the youth of the coast), Ali Al-Sabaa, Maher Sabra and Abdullah Aish (the star), Mustafa Matar (Tripoli), Muhammad Zain Tahan and Ahmed Jalloul (Al-Safaa), Basil Jaradi (Haidok Split, Croatian), Hassan Saad “Sonny” (Ansan Greeners from South Korea), Alex Melki (Al Khor Qatar), Khaled Mohsen ( Fineske Lübeck Germany) and Muhammad Ali Dahini (Teleborg, Sweden).

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