UAE national team to train in Germany and Austria

DUBAI — The UAE National Football Team and head coach Sreèko Katanec left Dubai today on a Lufthansa flight to Munich to kick off preparations for the Asian Cup in Germany and Austria.

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Published: Sun 23 May 2010, 11:51 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 4:27 AM

Tobias Ernst, Manager of the Luft-hansa Sales Office in Abu Dhabi, along with Mr. Juergen Marske, Director Airport Service and Ground Operations Southeast Europe, Africa and Middle East/Pakistan, greeted the players at the Lufthansa check-in counters, a press release said.

As a symbolic gift and a token of friendship between Germany and the UAE, they presented Sreèko Katanec and Saeed Al Kas, the captain of the UAE National Football Team, with an official T-shirt of the German National Football Team, bearing the original signatures of the players. Tobias Ernst said: “It was a great pleasure to meet and greet the UAE National Football Team. We are very happy to have them fly Lufthansa and wish them all the best in their preparations for the Asian Cup and a pleasant flight and wonderful stay while in Germany.”

Published: Sun 23 May 2010, 11:51 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 4:27 AM

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