Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari confirmed his team’s readiness for the upcoming confrontation with Al Ain in the semi-finals of the President’s Cup, indicating that he hopes his team will provide a good and enjoyable match to reach the final match and win the title of this dear championship, describing Al Ain as being currently the best team in the Arab Gulf League Through its positive results and offensive strength, pointing out that there will be some absences in the team, including Salem Sultan, Brazilian Igor Cornado and Saif Rashid.
Igor suffered affected by his injury in the last period, as he left the stadium during the second half of the match that brought Sharjah until last Thursday in the 18th round of the Arab Gulf League.
Al-Anbari said in a press conference held yesterday at the club’s headquarters: “The President’s Cup is a tournament dear to everyone, so I hope that Sharjah players will be in the focus of this match, especially as it is in front of a large team that we respect like Al Ain.”
In response to a question about the Sharjah fans asking his team to win the title of this championship for the ninth time in the club’s history, he said: “All four fans of the teams that qualified for the semi-finals are demanding their teams for the championship, and this is a legitimate right for everyone, and for us I hope to reach the final match and win the title.” Al-Anbari indicated that his team will play the Al Ain match with a balanced play plan, stressing that caution is required in such games as it is a match in the cup semi-finals and does not accept compensation.
Al-Anbari continued, "Sharjah's preparations are good for this match, and we treat all teams with respect."
The Sharjah coach confirmed that he expects a good presence of the substitute players.
On the other hand, the Al Ain coach, Portuguese Pedro Emmanuel, expressed his hope that he would succeed in winning the title of the President’s Cup for football to add him to the list of achievements of his career as a coach, after he was crowned last year with the Saudi Cooperation Team title of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, confirming that his team He will take advantage of the opportunities that he will get during the official time in tomorrow's match against Sharjah in the semi-finals, but he will also take note of the possibility of the confrontation going to be decided by a penalty shootout.
Al-Zaeem coach considered that the chances of the two teams in tomorrow's meeting will be equal, and he said in a press conference yesterday: “We are happy that we are one of the four teams that have reached this role. In practice, we have 50% to qualify for the final match and this is definitely what we want and it is what we are working on. ».
Igor left in the second half during the encounter of Hatta, due to his injury.
Al Ain will take advantage of the opportunities, but he will be able to resort to penalty shootouts.
Al Dhafra Coach: There is no advantage over one party over another
Al-Dhafra coach, Serbian Fawak Razovic, described his team's chances against Bani Yas in the face of tomorrow, which brings them together in the Presidential Cup semi-finals, equally, stressing that there is no advantage for one party over the other as long as the outcome of the qualification is within the match. The coach, who arrived last year for the final of the championship before losing to Al-Ahly youth, said in a press conference yesterday that his team is ready to go to the meeting and all its elements are in the squad other than the player Khaled Butti, who will be absent due to suspension.
Schaefer: It is time to reach the cup final
The Bani Yas team coach, German and Nfred Schaeffer, said that it is time for the "heavenly" to reach the final of the President’s Cup again, after an absence of years, while acknowledging the difficulty of the confrontation that awaits them tomorrow evening in front of Al Dhafra. He confirmed in a press conference yesterday that he and his team players are eager to play in the hope of achieving victory to obtain the card to qualify for the final match.