Our first national futsal team seeks to compensate for its loss in the first round against Kuwait, when it meets the Iranian national team, at 5 pm on Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Group D of the 2024 Asian Futsal Cup, in the match that will be hosted by the indoor stadium Huamark in the Thai capital. – Bangkok.
The Futsal Reds lost the first round to Kuwait by two goals to one, and Ali Al-Araibi scored for our team, while Iran beat Afghanistan by three goals to one.
By winning today, our team aims to maintain its hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals, knowing that the team has a match remaining in the group stage, which will be against Afghanistan on April 22nd.
Our team is led by Brazilian coach Rafael Fogageiro, and the team concluded its preparations for the second round match by participating in training on Friday evening.
Our team’s roster for the tournament includes 14 players: Sayed Fadel Mahfouz, Sayed Muhammad Hamid, Amin Muhammad, Sayed Luay Al-Mahfouz, Muhammad Al-Sindi, Jassam Anan, Muhammad Abdullah, Saleh Muhammad, Ammar Hassan, Mirza Al-Nuaimi, Hassan Ibrahim, Ali Al-Araibi, Hamid Abdullah and Hassan Muhammad. .
My future team
For his part, the director of our first national futsal team, Mohammed Al-Ghunaim, said that Al-Ahmar fell into one of the most difficult groups in the tournament, noting that “Al-Ahmar” came to the Asian finals with the aim of competing, in addition to a more important goal of building a future team with youth elements, especially with the change. The list witnessed the inclusion of young players, which reduced the average age of the team, which is a positive indicator for the coach to build for the future.
Al-Ghunaim explained that playing strong matches against Kuwait and Iran, which are strong teams, gives players experience, noting that the Afghanistan team is also armed with a list made up of professional players in the Iranian league, which gives the opportunity for our team to compete at strong levels and benefit from the technical staff for future benefits.
He stated that losing in the first round does not mean the end of the chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals, but things will be difficult in the second round today against Iran, which is ranked first on the continent, pointing out to play in order to achieve a positive result and then look to the final round match of the group stage.
We were out of luck
In turn, the captain of our national futsal team, Muhammad Al-Sindi, said that luck was not on the side of the team in the first round match against Kuwait, in which the players performed well despite the loss.
He pointed out turning the page on the first round and focusing on the second match. For a positive appearance that reflects the honorable level of Bahraini football at the futsal level.
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