Italian national coach Alberto Zaccheroni has confirmed that he is not a conservative coach in his style since taking charge of the national team, but the big teams competing for the Asian Cup must play in a balanced way between defense and attack. Be dependent on one playing style in their games.
Al-Abyad will meet at 9:00 pm at Zayed Sports Stadium with his Kyrgyz counterpart in the 16th round of the Asian Cup.
"All the big teams that play at this level and major championships like the Asian Cup play a balance between defense and attack," Zaccheroni told a press conference. "I am not as conservative as many say, and we should note that in the first round we attacked our opponents by six players , And sometimes seven, with a preference in the acquisition of the ball ». "We have many outstanding players, both in the starting line and in the reserves. The bench makes the difference in the matches, as was evident in our last games. We are performing well, despite the defensive restraint that dominated most of the teams we played in the first round, The only one who outperformed our opponents is counter-attack, but they all relied on defense and reservation while relying on the apostates, and the evidence for this was clear in the game against Thailand. "
"I think they have reached an important stage of harmony, which is a positive thing, and today's game is very different from the previous matches. Every game has its own nature," Zaccheroni said. "We studied the national team. And we know the strengths and weaknesses of his performance, and we will certainly make some changes to the technical aspects and planning according to the nature of the game, and we have the desire and determination to continue the course of the championship, and overcome the team of Kyrgyzstan, which we respect a lot, especially after it developed well in Senoa Last ». Zaccheroni explained that the Kyrgyz team is predominantly Russian, has many outstanding players, and the team has developed significantly in the past few years. "We have prepared a number of players who have suffered the injury in the past period, including the player Saif Rashed, who trained in the last two days with the team».
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Kyrgyzstan coach Aleksandr Kristin said his team is preparing for a surprise for his UAE counterpart when they meet today, noting that his team is not playing under nervous and nervous pressure and is not demanding anything, unlike the UAE team, who will suffer the public pressure in the game. And qualify for the quarter-finals.
"We are now playing important games for us, every mistake may be decisive, we are looking for a good game, our team is always looking forward to winning and playing a balance between defense and attack. We have made an important step to qualify for the second round. Now we are facing a new test and an important step. New, and all the teams in the tournament seek to perform well ».
"We are trying to balance the defense and the attack because we can not win without an attack," he said.