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Arif Al – Awani
Al Ittihad Newspaper
Ali Al-Zaabi (Abu Dhabi)
Aarif Hamad Al-Awani, director of the Asia Cup (UAE 2019), presented what he called the "account statement" of the big event at a meeting with the media that covered the Asian championship during a public session yesterday at the Bab Al Qasr hotel in Abu Dhabi. And answer all the questions.
Al Owani thanked local, continental and international media for their work throughout the tournament and the great diversity and innovation that he has badociated with the media, pointing out that the media has become a mirror for all current and future championships . Broad and widespread, reflected over the past few days through coverage and promotion, etc.
The Tournament Director explained some obscure or vague details in the local sports street and in Asia in order to clarify and convey the appropriate message in order to avoid any ambiguity about information that I mistakenly understand, in addition to showing the positive achievements and the technical level of the championship and the mbades and volunteers.
"I am delighted that this tournament is the first at the continental level, with 24 teams, which has been considered a major challenge by the media for the large number of matches to be held and their varied coverage, but our media have demonstrated their Ability to excel and invent new methods Whether at the newspaper or media committee level, we should be grateful for the tremendous effort to lead the media movement in the continental championship by providing all the requirements of competing media , in addition to the creation of the image site created before the tournament, T was held during the last Gulf Cup in Kuwait, which has enjoyed by everyone by the AFC, the news agencies that have benefited from the images and broadcast throughout the tournament, and in the media report waiting to be issued three months after the end of the tournament, so we know statistics and d es numbers that have been recorded all.
Many positive points
Al Owani called the tournament a positive one for sport and football in many ways, including the provision of many playgrounds at the highest level of preparation and ready to host major international tournaments in the future. After the renovation of a large and equipped with the latest technology, in addition to the existence of training grounds on the number of 25 stadiums, it is rare to provide a training ground for each team can choose the right time for him to train.
"Many areas have benefited from the renovation of training grounds, such as the refurbishment of Al Hamam's training grounds in Al Ain, New York University in Abu Dhabi, Zayed Sports City's training grounds, cricket stadiums and the use of new technologies to cultivate them .The stadiums, which had the greatest pressure to host matches such as the Zayed Sports City stadium, the Hazza Bin Zayed and Al Maktoum stadiums, have not been the subject of comments, because we are very interested in this aspect, Which, in football tournaments, there are three main factors of interest for each team during its participation, namely golf games, golf and residence exercises.
Al Owani described the proximity of tournaments in the United Arab Emirates as positive. The Closing of the Club World Cup was held on December 22nd and the Asian Cup kicked off on January 5th. "It was not a burden for us, but we made the most of it and with the help of our representatives, In the tournament, the positive badet is that the media attention on both championships continued after the end of the Club World Cup and even the start of the Asian Cup in addition to the arrival of the national team in the semi-finals, which contributed to the success of the tournament in an ideal level of media and community attention.
A landmark
Al-Awni congratulated the volunteers who greatly contributed to the success of the tournament as they were the most important category to deal with everyone in all aspects of stadium organization and management. He said: "It was a great challenge to succeed at the highest level, but volunteers were not free to do it. And some of them moved from one emirate to another and sacrificed the most wonderful sense of volunteerism. They knew full well that there was no reward for this job. The goal was to love and help the nation, And we have more than 70 languages spoken by volunteers, and I think this experience a lot in the future use for them if the desire to participate in tournaments at come on the territory of the state, or in local tournaments.
Al Awani spoke of the technical level of the championship, describing it as distinctive, pointing out that the tournament with the participation of 24 teams is a positive element and contributes to the development of the teams from one participation to the other, emphasizing that the only drawback of this system is the role of the "confusing". The final of the group stage, with the leaders of the six groups and two teams as best seconds, will become the total of eight teams to increase the strength of the tournament in the group and fight in second place, and the arrival of the teams the strongest in the second round, which will reduce the number of matches of 8 games, Stressing However, the laws concerning the qualification must be clear and easy, and it is better to unify them at the international level, such as the laws of the Federation in its championships.
The mbades
On the audience, Al-Awni said that the goal set before the start of the tournament was to reach 600,000 spectators. Before the final match, we exceeded this number, thanks to the care of the follow-up and to the strong participation of all the nationalities. But the conversation here belongs to the mbades who missed us in the final roles, represented by Indian and Vietnamese fans and all the Arab communities in Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Rhea who participated strongly and are present before the start of the game for a long time and in a professional and work by them, I have added a lot to the tournament, and I thank them.
Speaking about the promotion method followed by the organizing committee, Al-Awani said: "We have faced criticism and comment on the lack of promotion of the championship on the roads. and various means of advertising, but we have done our best, before each championship or sporting event that we intend to promote, we must think about the pr In these days, the mbades are waiting for more than you put banners on the roads or on the exterior facades, this generation expects everything on the "mobile" to follow everything, so we continued the electronic promotion via social networking sites, and we had a great media echo. The result was In addition to media efforts by the media that fully broadcast the event, we can not rule out the role of Asian media, such as Indian, Japanese, Jordanian newspapers and Iraqis, as well as some Arab countries who have shown great interest in the tournament and have well featured on their websites and their newspapers. .
"Mouse" experience
Asked about his badessment of Al-Far's technique in the tournament, Al-Awani said: "Al-Fowr is undoubtedly necessary in the world of football because it has proved effective in helping referees take It is the decision of the AFC to make this decision, which is technical and to which the AFC itself should respond. "As for my opinion on this issue, it was supposed to be applied since the beginning of the tournament, despite the excuses given about the impossibility of With three games a day, we apply the mouse in a role We have six games a day, not three, and there is no had only one controller throughout the tournament, which will make the task easier, and I wish to apply it to our local patrols.
"We can not know the financial performance at this stage.As I said earlier, the economic and media reports will appear after three months, but we have more or less approximate figures. recorded a success rate of 95% During the days of the tournament, which is good and means that the economic return of these cities has increased through the tournament and will cooperate with the relevant authorities after the tournament to count the actual figures.
opening ceremony
After the end of the tournament, Al-Awni discussed the many issues that accompanied the opening ceremony that took place on January 5th at Zayed Sports City Stadium before the opening match. "We have not challenged the Asian Cup in 1996, does not seem balanced, we now have laws that need to be enforced.As for the opening of this version, the laws require us to organize the ceremony because the players leave the field after the warm-up and finish before the start of the match.This delay is only 13 minutes and we therefore set up the opening ceremony in accordance with the laws, We attended at the opening of the 2018 World Cup and at its simplicity, just like the opening ceremony of the AFC Asian Cup in 2015, but the legendary opening of the Cup of Asia 1996 has always been in the hearts of all and everyone wants to compare them.
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