Al-Azraq Youth meets the UAE in Thailand today

Mubarak Al-Khalidi: Our national under-20 football team will face the United Arab Emirates in a friendly match today in Thailand, as part of the current Blue Camp training camp in Bangkok, in preparation for the Asian Cup qualifiers. This is the second and final friendly of the camp, as the team lost its first encounter to Iraq 1-0. The team will conclude its preparations next Friday and head directly to Cambodia to compete in the qualifiers.

The Blue Camp delegation arrived in the capital, Bangkok, on the 14th of this month. Since their arrival, the technical staff, led by Croatian coach Virdo Milin, have conducted a series of training sessions. Before departing Thailand, the team played two friendly matches against the Jordanian national team, losing both by the same scoreline of 1-0.

Our national team is competing in the qualifiers within Group 7, which will be hosted in Cambodia from the 31st of this month until September 6. The group includes Cambodia, Japan, and Yemen. The Blue Camp delegation is scheduled to leave Thailand for Cambodia directly on the 28th of this month, following the conclusion of the training camp.