<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Today, the UAE national team will be hosted by its Qatari counterpart at exactly 8:00 PM at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, UAE time, as part of the first group rounds of the third stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2024 World Cup.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">UAE national team match today</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The UAE national team seeks to return to Doha with a win in order to qualify and reach the World Cup for the first time after the national team's only participation in the World Cup in Italy in 1990. On the other hand, the Qatari national team "Al-Annabi" participated once in the World Cup during the hosting of the World Cup in 2022.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">UAE national team preparations for today's match</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1036/989;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/f9d2cb40-acc9-41d8-97b0-78e429f9e13b.jpeg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Whites are preparing for tonight's match in a state of complete readiness after the end of their internal camp on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, which began last Saturday with the participation of 28 players under the supervision of Portuguese coach Paulo Bento. The camp continued with high morale, and no friendly matches were played before traveling to Doha yesterday.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The team held its last training session there, and the goalkeepers Khaled Issa, Khaled Tawhid, Ali Khaseif and Adly Mohammed participated in the camp, while the defence line included Khaled Al-Hashemi, Kwame Kwedo, Mohammed Al-Attas, Zayed Sultan, Abdullah Idris, Khalifa Al-Hammadi, Khamis Al-Mansouri, Khaled Al-Dhanhani and Abdulrahman Saleh.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In the midfield, Ali Salmeen, Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Ali Saleh, Fabio De Lima, Yahya Nader, Mohammed Abbas, Mackenzie Hunt, Majed Rashid, Abdullah Hamad, Issam Fayez, Yahya Al Ghassani, Harb Abdullah and Fahad Bader participated, while Junior Nday and Caio Canedo led the attack.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Match date</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The match is scheduled to take place today, Thursday, September 5, at 7:00 PM Mecca, Cairo and Doha time, and 8:00 PM UAE time. The match will be commentated by Amer Al-Khodari, and will be broadcast live on beIN Sports AFC 1 HD.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">The expected formation of the UAE national team against Qatar</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1005/433;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/54a30c3e-c278-4377-8f2e-e7a58e89f473.jpeg" alt="UAE national team"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Portuguese coach Paulo Bento, coach of the UAE national team, will rely on an expected lineup in the match against Qatar, which includes:</p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Goalkeeper: Khaled Issa</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In defense: Mubarak Ahmed Mubarak Zama, Badr Nasser Abdulaziz, Mohammed Al-Attas, Abdullah Idris</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Midfield: Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Majed Rashid, Issam Fayez</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Attack: Ali Saleh, Sultan Adel Al-Amiri, Yahya Al-Ghassani</li></ul><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Expected formation of Qatar national team against the Emirates</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:678/452;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/70c9cebd-7df9-4b21-921d-88b373ef32bb.jpeg" alt="Qatar national team"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Spanish coach Bartolome Marquez Lopez, the technical director of Al Annabi, is likely to rely on the following formation in the match against the Emirates:</p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Goalkeeper: Meshaal Barsham</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Defense: Abdullah Marafei, Lucas Mendes, Tariq Salman, Mohammed Waad</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Midfield: Abdullah Al-Ahrak, Jassim Jaber, Ahmed Fathi</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Attack: Moez Ali, Ahmed Al-Rawi, Akram Afif.</li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is noteworthy that the third stage qualifiers for the World Cup consist of 3 groups, each group consisting of 6 teams, as these teams compete to qualify for the 23rd edition of the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The team that obtains first and second place in each group is scheduled to qualify for the World Cup finals.</p>