Dubai: Dubai Sports, the prime sports channel of Dubai Media Incorporated, announced the kick-off of the UAE-Germany Super Cup, to be held under the patronage of Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Sports Council, today at the Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain club.
The announcement came at a press conference attended by Mohammad Bin Tha'aloub Al Dar'ei, Chairman of the Organising Committee and Honorary Member of Ain Board, Dr Tarek Al Tayer, Chairman of the Association of Football Professionals.
Also attending was Yousuf Abdullah, Secretary General of the Federation of UAE football and Rashid Al Amiri, Manager Dubai Sports Channel, as well as Holger Horinemus Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the German Association, and Klaus Alufs, CEO of Werder Bremen club.
The second session of the conference was attended by Jorge Valdivia, captain of the Al Ain team, Thorstein Frings, captain of the German team, along with Thomas Schaaf, coach of the German team, Cirrus, coach of Al Ain team, and an audience of journalists and correspondents from the local and international media.
At the press conference held at Park Hyatt Dubai, Al Amiri, Director of Dubai Sports said: "It is a great opportunity for football fans to follow this competition which will bring together Al Ain team, the champion of His Highness the President's Cup and Werder Bremen team. He added that this will "contribute to strengthening relations of cooperation between the UAE and German teams in the future."
Al Amiri continued that this will help in providing teams with the opportunity to come into contact with the UAE league champions and Bundesliga top teams (German league) on an annual basis, at a time when Dubai is successfully hosting training camps for some of the world's major teams.
