Al Dhafra will play their second match at the Asian Club Championship in Thailand, where they face Iranian team Mas Sunyoung, while the first round will end against Kuwaiti Kazma tomorrow. Al Dhafra lost the first match to Nagoya Ochans 2-4, and hopes to match today against the Iranian champion, and stay in the competition among the teams aspiring to qualify for the second round of Group D, which lead the Iranian team on goal difference from the champion Nagoya Japan, after winning Kuwaiti Kazma 8-1 in the first round.
Al-Dhafra assistant coach Abdul Raouf Al-Marzouqi said in a press statement: “Today's game is very difficult, because we are facing the champions of the last version and the most team winning the championship cup. Unfortunately for Al-Dhafra team they are facing 100% professional teams. The two best teams in Asia will face the first two games in the first round, the two teams that are favorites to reach the final as they are the most teams in Asia have achieved the tournament cup, and all the nominations indicate that they will compete in the tournament cup and before going to comment on today's game against the Iranian team.
He added: «The absence of the player Mohammed Abdullah Fadaak, because of the injury suffered in the first game, one of the most important players will affect the team, and the loss of loss in light of his brilliance in the current period, and more than one player is equipped to make up for the absence of Fadaak, and we wish him a speedy recovery "We are still waiting for medical reports on the size of the injury."
On the game today, Marzouki said: «No impossible in football, and our luck is still in the competition in achieving one of the qualifying cards for the second round, and we will hold on to hope for the last moment, and we hope to succeed in the outcome of a positive and satisfactory against the Iranian team».
He continued «We in the technical staff focused on addressing all the negatives that accompanied the performance of the team in the first game, which saw the brilliance of the team as a homogeneous and harmonious group, and the team was outstanding, scored two goals, and received four goals, including three goals from cornerstrokes, and I think we succeeded In keeping with the hero of Japan, and embarrassed him in the first half and thanks to the professionalism of his staff and their great experience succeeded in turning the delay to victory, and the players of Al Dhafra did not fail and did their best and they are thankful for the great effort they made in the first game.
Al Dhafra lost their first match to Nagoya.