AMMAN — The national football team has played eight friendly
matches this year in preparation for the joint Asian qualifiers, which could
pave Jordan’s path to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 AFC Asian
Cup in China.
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The matches were distributed across two training camps.
During the first of the two, the Kingdom’s squad played five
games; starting with a face-off against Dynamo Kiev in January, which ended in
a nil-nil result. Jordan then won against Tajikistan (2,0) before suffering
three consecutive losses; in a second match against Tajikistan (1-0), another against the Russain FC Zenit Saint
Petersburg (1-0) and one against
Uzbekistan (2,0).
A number of team members who play professionally outside
Jordan could not attend the first camp but managed to join the second one.
Jordan opened the second training camp in Dubai with a tie
against Oman (0-0), before moving on to win against Lebanon (1-0). The second
half of the second training concluded on March 30 when the Kingdom won against
Bahrain (2-1), in its capital, Manama.
Commenting on the
team’s performance in Dubai and Manama, Jordan’s technical coach, Vital
Borkelmans, was quoted by the Jordan Football Association’s website as saying: “I
am generally satisfied with the national team’s performance during the event.
We looked ideal against Bahrain and deserved to win.”
National coach and football expert, Issa Al-Turk, told Jordan
News: “Results were not satisfactory in the first camp but a number of new
players took part on a trial basis. The
goal was to explore their abilities.”
He continued: “This came in handy during the second camp
when we saw an increase in the level of
cohesion between players...”.
Jordan will resume making its way through the Asian
qualifiers with matches against Nepal, Kuwait and Australia on June 7, June 11
and June 15, respectively.
Jordan and Kuwait are currently tied for second place within
, with a score of 10 points for both teams.
Australia remains in the lead of Group B (12pts.), followed
by Nepal in fourth place (3pts.) and China in fifth (0pts.).
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