Bani Yas, the German manager of the Bani Yas team, said that the high concentration shown by the players of Al-Samawi against the champions of Sharjah in the beginning of the new season in the first round of the Arabian Gulf Cup.

Bani Yas played at home with a big match, and after the first half ended in a goalless draw, Spaniard Pedro Conde scored the first goal in the 62nd minute from a penalty, and then returned himself to score the second in the second minute of stoppage time.

"Maintaining a high concentration of players throughout the game made us create many opportunities, which helped us to score two goals and a third that was not counted for offside," Schaefer said at the press conference after the match.

“The performance of Bani Yas shows that the team is 70% ready for the new season. Despite some mistakes, but in general we have achieved many positive things, the most important of which is the victory over a big team like Sharjah, and we have young elements capable of supporting the first team ».

"Khamis Al Hammadi made a big match, high standards, an example for our young players who aspire to reach the first team," he said, noting that the high performance of the players was not limited to the basic elements, but included even substitutes.

Schaefer pointed to the defensive part of the team, said: «We managed to keep clean sheet, which is very important in the first appearance of the new season, especially since we completed the game from the minute 72 with 10 players for the expulsion of our Brazilian player Joe Victor».

The German coach said that the current group and the young elements need more time to continue to develop their performance, said: «We have a young team at a small age rates evolving one day from the other, and step by step we will reach our best levels».

At the end of the speech, he called on the Bani Yas audience to stand in greater numbers in the coming matches, given the presence of the public only 326 spectators in front of Sharjah.

Alanbari: I take full responsibility for the loss

Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al Anbari congratulated Bani Yas on his victory and said he was "worthy". "I take full responsibility for the loss," he told the press conference.

"We will study technical mistakes, although we were not bad in the game, but the desire of Bani Yas to win was greater," he said. He explained: «Bani Yas deserved to win, and his desire to achieve greater victory».

He added: "We entered the game with a desire to win, but football always rewards the team that seeks to win more, as confirmed by the players of Bani Yas during the game, and our ambitions to restore our balance and win in the next two games."

`` We will lose the efforts of some players in the coming matches, with the players joining the first and Olympic teams, and with my respect for unity, we will strive to appear better as a result and result, '' Al-Anbari said.

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The minute that saw Bani Yas's Brazilian midfielder Joe Victor sent off, despite a numerical shortage, Al Samawi managed a 2-0 win over Sharjah.