Syria national football team prepares to meet the Maldives national team next Friday

The Syrian national football team is preparing to meet the Maldives next Friday as part of the joint qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar 2022 and the Asian Cup in China 2023, at the officially approved Sharjah Stadium to where the remainder of the qualifying matches will be held.

Our team has prepared for the next match and set its sights on a victory that strengthened its lead in the first group, which is  15 points.

The training session included a series of offensive tactics and individual skills in addition to special training for goalkeepers.

The coach of the national team, Nabil Maaloul, indicated to the players during the training that each match has its own circumstances and accurate calculations, and the most important aspect of the match  is the focus and high spirit needed to reach the desired goal and provide a strong match.

The players, Ward Al-Salama and Mahmoud Al-Bahr were invited to join the squad again after injuries sustained by some of the players.

Our team will meet with the Guam national team on the seventh of this month and with the Chinese team on the fifteenth of the same month, according to the new dates set by the AFC after the remaining matches of the first group qualifiers were transferred from China to the United Arab Emirates.

So far, our team tops its group in the qualifiers and reaped its points from five victories at the expense of the Philippines 5-2, the Maldives 2-1, Guam 4-0, China 2-1 and the Philippines again 2-1.

Sanaa Hasan