Sharjah player Igor Kornado was delighted to win his second trophy with the King after winning the Arabian Gulf Super Cup at the expense of Al-Ahli youth, stressing that Sharjah deserved to win the title. , Last season.
Sharjah won the Arabian Gulf Super Cup title on Sunday, after beating Shabab Al Ahli 4-3 on penalties after the end of the original time in the confrontation that gathered them at Al Matcom Stadium in Al Nasr Club in Dubai, a goalless draw to win Sharjah His first titles in the new season, the second Super Championship in his history and the first in the era of professionalism.
Sharjah completed the game with 10 players, after the expulsion of his player Hassan Saleh in the first half, for assaulting the youth player Ahli Abdulaziz Heikal. "Sharjah deserves more respect from the clubs of the Arabian Gulf League after the achievement of the King last season," Kornado said in a press statement. "We made a strong match, we won the title, to get a significant boost before the league starts."
In response to a question about his opinion on renewing his contract with Sharjah for an additional season, he said: «I think that the renewal of my contract is the most serious response, to confirm my great happiness with the club, and my desire to continue and provide more in the next stage, as I was amazed at the news circulated during the period "The current summer transfer, I am close to joining one of the clubs in the Arabian Gulf League, I do not know where this news».
"I am doing my job to the fullest, and I am very happy with the results it showed last season, and I hope that we will continue in the same format in the new season, and winning the Super Cup gives us a strong moral boost."
The Italian player commented on the waste of the first penalty for Sharjah, stressing that he was not worried, saying: «I was not concerned at all that the team will lose the game, while not the first time I missed a penalty, after I missed last season in the match (King) It is not a matter of stopping me from kicking, especially since I had 11 shots last season, 10 of which I made. I am responsible for the penalty kicks and it is normal that I sometimes miss some kicks.
He continued by saying: «wasting the penalty did not worry me, compared to what I felt after the expulsion of Hassan Saleh in the first half, especially since the youth Ahli dominated the game since the beginning of the meeting, but we managed to deal with the lack of numerical well, and did not enter goals "We tried to rely on counter-attacks to get a goal, but we were not successful."