Japan vs United Arab Emirates (UAE) 2008 Preview

No, it is not a world cup qualifier or Asian Cup match. Still, this match is very important for both Japan and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The two teams will play a warm up match today. They are playing this match to prepare themselves against a tough fight against South Korea next week. UAE team came to Japan this Monday and they are going to practice here for preparing themselves for the match against Korea. UAE has lost both of their two matches in world cup qualifier. The first match was against North Korea and the second match against Saudi Arabia. In both the matches, UAE lost by 2-1. So, UAE must win their next match against Korea in order to keep any hope of keeping their chance of qualifying in world cup finals in South Africa 2010 alive. So, let us see how it ends today for UAE and Japan.

 

Gulf News wrote:

The team left on Monday early morning to Japan for a week's training camp under new coach French Dominique Bathenay, who succeeded his compatriot Bruno Metsu after he resigned and joined Qatar.

The match against Korea is crucial for the UAE after they lost the first two matches at home to North Korea and Saudi Arabia with identical 2-1 margins.

 

On the other hand, Japan is also taking the match seriously. A convincing win against UAE will boost up their confidence. UAE caretaker coach Dominik Bakani is going to carry out some experiments in the match and he is going to make some major changes in the team. After the South Korea match, the UAE will play against Iran on November 19, 2008.