(Reuters) – Argentina’s Rodolfo Arruabarrena has changed Bert van Marwijk as head coach of the United Arab Emirates, the nation’s soccer federation introduced on Sunday.
Arruabarrena takes over after the Dutchman was fired on Saturday with the UAE in third place in Group A of the third spherical of Asia’s preliminaries for November’s World Cup finals with two video games remaining.
“I’m prepared for this problem to make historical past and obtain the objectives of the soccer affiliation,” stated Arruabarrena, in keeping with The Nationwide, a UAE-based newspaper.
“You understand already that I don’t like to speak lots, however to work lots, with critical work.
“We wish to take the possibility that we’ve got to qualify and make the most effective use of the present state of affairs of the workforce. All the pieces is feasible in soccer.”
Iran and South Korea have already claimed the 2 computerized finals berths out there from Group A, leaving the UAE in a battle with Lebanon and Iraq for a playoff place.
The third-placed finishers in Asia’s two World Cup preliminary teams will face off in Might or June, with the winners taking up South American opposition for a spot on the finals in Qatar.
The UAE at the moment have 9 factors from their first eight video games and lead fourth-placed Lebanon by three factors, with Iraq an additional level adrift.
Arruabarrena, who has signed a contract by to the tip of the Asian Cup in China subsequent July, beforehand coached Dubai-based duo Al Wasl and Shabab Al Ahli. He was final employed by Egyptian facet Pyramids FC.
The 46-year-old’s first recreation in cost will probably be towards Iraq on March 24, adopted 5 days later by a house assembly with South Korea.
(Reporting by Michael Church in Hong Kong, Modifying by Karishma Singh)
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