Al-Wahda coach Maurice Stein said that Al-Annabi got the most he could get from the Bani Yas tie, with a draw for each team, in the Arabian Gulf Cup, and expressed his happiness with this result.
Stein said in a press conference that this game is a lesson for all players in the team, explaining: «We must be honest with ourselves, we did not deserve to win, and Bani Yas was the best, it was a difficult game for us, and (heavenly) got many The chances, however, ended the first half with a 1-0 lead.
He added: «Bani Yas scored the equalizer at the beginning of the second half, and got more than a chance, as the goalkeeper, Rashid Ali, saved us in the last minute from entering the second goal in Marmana, and in general in such games when you can not win must "We are fighting to not lose, and to be honest, I am very happy with the point, because the team is fighting not to lose."
"Getting seven points in the first three games is a good result, and happy because of the players' returns. We have more than a week to prepare the players for the start of the Arabian Gulf League, and it will be an opportunity for them to recover from the pressure of the games at the beginning of the season."
Asked if Al Wahda had missed the chance to make it to the quarter-finals early on, he said: “I think getting seven points is the maximum we could have reached, and according to our performance I see that the young players have evolved a lot and certainly any coach `` He wants to win all the games, but getting a point from our game against Bani Yas is good, and we are waiting for the next game to improve the performance.I told the players that we have to fight to win, and if we can't, we shouldn't lose. ''
As for the reason for the Uruguayan substitution, Nicolas Melesi, at the beginning of the second half, he said: «He was sick with fever, so I switched in the second half, because we can not risk any player, while ready for the next games».
Regarding the participation of Argentine Sebastian Tigale despite his statement before the game that he will not participate, he said: «The situation has changed after we planned to start participating in the games of the first round of the Arabian Gulf League, but before the face of Bani Yas we found that he was ready after all the exercises strongly, and asked the medical device about The player's condition, as he confirmed the possibility of his participation, so we pushed him in the second half, so as to get the sensitivity of the games, playing in the last 20 minutes ».
As for the experience of more than one player in different positions, he said: "I try the players to get to know the team more, as I was suffering from absences, because Ismail Matar is not ready, in addition to international players, and it appeared to me that it is different when we played in the Champions League Asia and classes are complete ».
Schaefer: We could have won 5 or 6 on the unit
Bani Yas's German coach Winfried Schaefer said he was unhappy that the Al-Samawi players had wasted so many chances in the team's match against Al Wahda in the Arabian Gulf Cup, noting that Bani Yas could have won at least five or six goals.
Schaefer said in a press conference that Bani Yas dominated the game for more than 70 minutes, and had many opportunities, in addition to a decisive opportunity missed by Jordanian player Ahmed Shehda.
"The positive thing is that we have created a lot of opportunities, and the performance has been good. We have reached 70% of what we are looking for in terms of return, and more importantly we work very hard, we will devote special training to exploit the attacks, and it is good that there is a desire of the players to appear Well and deliver all they have ».