FIFA Arab Cup 2021: Kuwaiti National Team Arrives in Doha to Face Bahrain for Qualification Seat

Doha, June 22 (QNA) - The delegation of the Kuwaiti national team arrived in Doha today, in preparation to face the Bahrain national team next Friday at Khalifa International Stadium in the qualifiers for the FIFA Arab Cup 2021. The Kuwaiti team seeks to compensate for the failure to reach the decisive stage of the World Cup qualifiers by overtaking its Bahraini counterpart in a Gulf summit that is the strongest and most attractive in the qualifiers, in an effort to reserve a seat in the first group, "Gulf of color", which includes the Qatari team, the owner of the land, and the Iraqi team along with The Omani team qualified at the expense of Somalia with two goals to one. A delegation from the local organizing committee of the tournament had received the Kuwaiti delegation headed by Member of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Football Association and head of the technical committee, Khaled Al-Shamri, Head manager Fahd Awad, Coach Thamer Inad, in addition to a number of members of the technical, medical and administrative staff. The Kuwaiti national team list includes 23 players, and they are: Khaled Al-Rashidi, Sami Al-Sanea, Ahmed Al-Dhafiri, Khaled Muhammad Ibrahim, Fahd Al-Hajri, Eid Al-Rashidi, Fawaz Ayed, Bandar Al-Salama, Shabib Al-Khalidi, Fahd Al-Ansari, Hamad Al-Harbi, Fahd Hamad, Mahdi Dashti, Hamad Cover, Mubarak Al-Fenini, Badr Al-Mutawa, Hussein Ashkanani, Youssef Nasser, Mohsen Al-Turkmani, Suleiman Abdul-Ghafour, Saud Al-Janai, Fawaz Al-Mabelesh, Rashid Al-Dosari. Upon arrival, the delegation personnel were subjected to a smear to detect the Corona virus before moving to the residence to enter a health bubble that will continue until the departure date on the 26th of this month. The Kuwaiti team will enter the expected match against Bahrain with full readiness after playing three matches in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup in the second group competitions that were completed in Kuwait with the assembly system, where the Kuwaiti team lost to Australia (3/0) and tied with Jordan without Goals and victory over Chinese Taipei (2/1). The Kuwaiti Federation had reappointed the national Thamer Inad at the head of the technical management of the team after the failure to qualify for the third stage of the World Cup qualifiers, so Inad began collecting papers and preparing Kuwait for the Arab Cup qualifiers. The Kuwaiti national team will start direct preparations tommorow, for the confrontation with Bahrain, with an evening training session on the stadiums of Qatar University. Khaled Al-Shammari, head of the Kuwaiti delegation, member of the board of directors of the federation and head of the technical committee, expressed his pride in the Kuwaiti teams participation in the FIFA Arab Cup 2021, which will be held on the World Cup stadiums in the country of the World Cup, saying, "We are confident that the sisterly State of Qatar will organize a successful tournament by all standards, After gaining great experiences, Doha has become the capital of sports and the focus of attention of the whole world, especially with hosting the World Cup finals next year 2022 as the largest football event in the world, and therefore the success of the tournament is guaranteed in advance. He also pointed out that "the Arab Cup will be of great importance after it was included under the umbrella of (FIFA), which gives it a special character, not to mention the great Arab participation, as the next edition will be the first to witness the participation of all Arab countries amid great motives from all teams to appear properly. And the competition for the title. About the Kuwaiti teams participation, Al-Shammari confirmed the readiness of the Kuwaiti Blue after the double qualifiers page was closed, and he is looking forward to bypassing the preliminary round in order to reach the finals and the participation of the Arab teams in the grand forum, adding at the end of his speech, "We are all confident in the technical staff and players to provide the best possible level with a goal." Winning and qualifying for the finals.(QNA)