• UAE national team coach Mahdi Ali, in red, directs his players during a training session ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine and Malaysia in the next week. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
    UAE national team coach Mahdi Ali, in red, directs his players during a training session ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine and Malaysia in the next week. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
  • UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
    UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
  • UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
    UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
  • UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
    UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
  • UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
    UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
  • UAE football officials have a discussion at a national team training session ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Malaysia and Palestine on Thursday and Tuesday. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
    UAE football officials have a discussion at a national team training session ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Malaysia and Palestine on Thursday and Tuesday. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
  • UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
    UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
  • UAE national team coach Mahdi Ali conducts a training session ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Malaysia and Palestine on Thursday and Tuesday. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
    UAE national team coach Mahdi Ali conducts a training session ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Malaysia and Palestine on Thursday and Tuesday. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
  • UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA
    UAE national team players train ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine, in the West Bank on Tuesday, and Malaysia, on Thursday night in Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy / UAE FA

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UAE national football team train for upcoming 2018 World Cup qualifiers – in pictures

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Images of the UAE national football team training this week ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Malaysia, on Thursday night at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, and Palestine, on Tuesday in the West Bank. Click the arrows below to scroll through the photos.

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