The coach of Al Ain, Croatia's Ivan Leco, said he started learning Arabic, specifically the UAE dialect, and was interested in learning about the UAE's customs and traditions. The same time that he is waiting for the international players to join, in order to stand on their levels even more after the national team.

The coach stressed in an interview with Al-Ain TV on the sidelines of the external camp in Austria that the reason for his keenness to learn Arabic is because "football is very necessary to know a lot about the nature, culture, customs, traditions and language of the team that supervised the training» "This is not only for the coach, but even for the assistant team," he said. "Even the assistant team is required to learn about the nature and how to deal with the players, to enhance the language of communication among them. I will work in the coming period to learn more Arabic words because it is necessary in football from My personal point of view ».

The team's coach, Mattar Al-Sahbani and team manager Essam Abdullah, taught them several words a day to learn about the UAE's cultures, customs, traditions and dialects, as well as vocabulary related to motivating and motivating factors And enthusiasm, to be used in the training sessions, and the coach uses the words of Arabic such as «Peace be upon you, and quickly, and left and right, and forward, and press, and Yalla Shabab, and Zaid Zain».

Croatia's Ivan Leco expressed his satisfaction with the work of his team since the start of the preparations for the new football season, beginning with the internal assembly in the city of Al Ain to the current camp in Austria and continuing until mid-August. , As well as some injured players who are currently undergoing a continuing rehabilitation program in preparation for their return from injury ».

"Over the past 12 days, I have come out with a good impression of the players' handling of the training sessions and their professional mentality - commitment, concentration, seriousness and self-preservation in order to provide the best they can in the current phase to achieve the desired benefits. .

Asked about the camp's plan of action for the current period, he said: "The focus is limited to raising the level of fitness, endurance and muscle strengthening, as well as the mechanism of dealing with the mental aspects, especially as the team finally included about seven new players look forward to adapt them quickly, I do not forget that the team's technical staff also took up the task recently, and I think the start is excellent, and as I mentioned, we are waiting for the internationals to join and the return of some of the injured and joining the collective training. "

On the friendly confrontations in the first phase of the external camp, he said: «We are seeking to establish a second friendly in the first phase of the camp outside, and will play the team on the 27th of this month against the team Vardar of the first division Macedonian, and discussed with the management of the team added face The day after tomorrow, and personally do not ask the team a lot during the confrontations in light of the lack of numerical eye classes, but those games are always important for players who are looking for the opportunity to enter the basic list, as it reflects the technical staff the amount of benefit they came out of the training sessions Yeh, and the ability to implement field guidance which they were trained during the last stage ».

"As a team of technical staff and players, we will work to provide our best, and we look forward to their strong support and continued encouragement so that we can achieve the club's goals and our common aspirations," he said.

«I will work in the coming period to learn more of the Arabic words of the importance of the matter in football».

"We are focusing in the current period on raising the rate of fitness and endurance and muscle strengthening."

"During the past 12 days, I came out with a good impression of the ability of the players to implement the directives."

Ivan Leco:

"It is necessary to know a lot about the nature, culture, customs, traditions and language of the team."