How many matches did Ali Mabkhoot miss from the national team? Return of the Scorer

The technical staff of the UAE national football team, led by Argentine coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena, announced today, Tuesday, the new list of the team, which included 25 players, including the team's top scorer and Al Jazira striker Ali Mabkhout, after he missed the white in the last period, in preparation for an internal camp in Abu Dhabi during the period from 19 to 29 of it, as he will play during the upcoming camp two friendly matches against Tajikistan and Thailand, and the national camp is the first gathering of the team after its recent participation in the Arabian Gulf Cup. Which was held in Iraq and the team said goodbye to its rival from the first round after finishing last in the standings of its group

The team's friendly match against Argentina last November, which ended with Argentina winning five clean goals, represented the last appearance of Mabkhout in the team's starting line-up, while he was then on the bench during the team's friendly match against Kazakhstan in the same month, while he missed the team during its Gulf Cup matches against Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.

The coach chose Mabkhout in the expanded list of 35 players of the Gulf Cup before he was excluded from the final list of 23 players, knowing that Mabkhout is second in the ranking of scorers in the ADNOC Professional League with 18 goals behind Al Ain striker Lapa Kodjo, who leads the standings with 21 goals.

Mabkhout's absence from the national team sparked widespread controversy in sports circles, as he is considered one of the most prominent Emirati players in the UAE league.

The new national team list also witnessed the return of Al Ain player Bandar Al Ahbabi, who also missed the Whites in the last period.

The selected players are: Khalid Issa, Ali Khasif, Khalid Al-Sinani, Shaheen Abdulrahman, Khalifa Al-Hammadi, Waleed Abbas, Abdulsalam Mohammed, Khalid Al-Dhanhani, Ahmed Abdullah Jameel, Abdullah Idris, Bandar Al-Ahbabi, Bilal Abdullah, Abdullah Hamad, Majid Rashid, Abdullah Ramadan, Hussein Mahdi Mohammed Abdulbasit, Ali Saleh Tahnoun Al-Zaabi, Fabio De Lima, Yahya Al-Ghassani, Harib Abdullah, Cayo Canedo, Ali Mabkhout and Sultan Adel.