at the stadium syrian flags i had it out for free. and some fans have brought a sad picture of this football match at times mimics a propaganda shall. i i. and these other tens of cool what. most of the syrians and cool white a farm workers a community of around one hundred fifty thousand people but barely any refugees kuwait has kept its borders largely closed to those seeking refuge from war. but when it comes to football the dogs seem to be more open. i syria wins by the way life can be so easy when you support the right team but real life is more complicated.

we try to bring back normal life with football we all focus on football we tried to do the best boys all extremely hard work us they all fight us for that country. fighters for their country. because the success the bigger the stage the potential propaganda. this team makes football fans like me think about the wall in syria. in kuwait i have met very nice and tons of people here is one of the scores of yesterday. but this team sucks us many losses. in football players like she have reportedly missing like other footballers and thousands of other civilians have been detained in million. terry prisons in syria.

so. gullible. the tournament is being hosted by the you eat what's the status of play when it comes to football in the country. barcelona gives us the lowdown. on. united arab emirates the futuristic oasis in the middle of the desert. with fast cars and fancy skyscrapers. where money is plentiful and living lavish is the standard way of life. a small nation with big ambition. we never say that we have to reach just like somewhere in the middle i want that

should be always number one the same goes for sport but not just any sport football but even hosting the two thousand nine hundred eighteen cup there are still some things that money can't buy. his mother at the. thought they would all. the guys if need then yeah and this time i have a little something different for you we're here and the united arab emirates in dubai now we think of football and the emirates usually the first thing that comes to mind is the only limited bank behind the european football in giant man city anyone but on the verge of the big east asian cup in history what we want to know is is it just another one with sure he has passed through or is there a real passion for this. sports in the land of riches let's go find out. as

a part of the continent was supposed fastest growing to really be you and he has struggled to bridge the gap between football as a sport and football as a culture however even though they haven't been around long they have already seen their fair share of growth since playing their first competitive match in one hundred seventy two. hours just to be just like. most of the people out here like practicing especially maybe in schools and you can find them the neighborhoods and out of philly into football has a passion for the sport let me tell you first of all maybe we have to think about that population on the different nationalities of the people living in the country maybe that much of the majority is of the ex-pats and ex-pats have some different sports that they enjoy in one nine hundred ninety four even having

a crummy they qualified for their first and only world cup. they lost all of their games but managed to score goals against the eventual champions western was the right was i mean beach the world cup in one thousand nine hundred that was even before being professional but now everybody is talking having like i wish to have much more than that in two thousand and seven we decided to go professional. football league and we started the season two thousand and eight two thousand and nine and maybe like two years ago we were at number one asia as a leak professional league and that was a daily like that we had brought about over. her since the last time they hosted the asian cup in one thousand nine hundred six the expression close but no cigar can characterize the u.a.e. his performances in the a.f.c. . finished runner up in ninety six and third in two thousand and fifteen but have

never taken the number one prize currently the team has improved to number seventy nine in the before world rankings but for them there is still more work to be done i think overall. i might say. also to have some achievements. but i think last year with big expectations of winning the asian cup at home the u.a.e. went shopping in italy and came back with only city as a winner with italian giants land and asian cup winner with japan in two thousand and eleven ok i'm a little bit nervous because this is the coach of a ninety eight ninety nine year on t.v. that literally made me dream as a child but. i got to be professional but. in

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