The United Arab Emirates will get their AFC Asian Cup campaign underway this weekend when they take on Hong Kong at the Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan on Sunday afternoon.
This will mark the first match of the competition for Group C, which also features Iran and Palestine, who will lock horns at Education City Stadium immediately after this match.
Al-Abyad, who hosted the 2019 edition of this competition, suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Oman in a friendly warm-up match last week, with Abdullah Fawaz scoring the lone goal in the fifth minute.
Following his successful stint leading South Korea to the last 16, Paulo Bento, a former Portugal international, left the Taegeuk Warriors after the 2022 World Cup and assumed the role of head coach for the UAE last July.
Bento joined the UAE team following their disappointing group stage exit at the previous year's Gulf Cup and managed to achieve a six-game winning streak with his new team before that defeat against Oman.
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