Moatasem Abdullah (Abu Dhabi)
Mackenzie Hunt, the UAE national team midfielder, is looking forward to celebrating his 23rd birthday, coinciding with the “White” match against its guest, the Kyrgyz national team, which begins at 8:15 pm today at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium at Al Jazira Club in Abu Dhabi, within the fifth round of the “Group A” competitions. » In the third round of the Asian qualifiers “The Road to the 2026 World Cup”.
The anticipated confrontation with “Al-Abyad” coincides with Hunt, the English player for Feltwood United, celebrating his twenty-third birthday (born November 14, 2001), as the young player is looking forward to his third appearance in the UAE national team squad, after he participated for the first time in the confrontation against Qatar 3-1 as a player. As a substitute, he succeeded in making a goal, before he was given a second chance as a substitute player also in the last round’s match against Uzbekistan 0-1, in exchange for remaining on the bench in the matches between Iran 0-1 and North Korea 1-1.
Hunt, who was born in Britain, before moving to live in Dubai during his childhood, with his father, who was working in Dubai in 2006, expressed his happiness at returning to the Emirates and participating with “Al-Abyad”, and said: “We performed well in the previous matches, but we did not take advantage of “Our chances are as desired, and we aspire to the best.”
He added: “I always feel welcomed by everyone, and I look forward to recalling the words that I used to memorize in Arabic. I definitely don’t know anything except the basics, but the national anthem is one of the things I know well.”
