A number of the Saudi national team players expressed their happiness and optimism in their ability to win the 24th Gulf Cup title, when they face the Bahraini team in the final match tomorrow. "We are preparing our fans with the title (Khaleeji 24)," Nujoom Al-Akhdar said in a press statement after winning the tournament host, with a goal for zero in the semi-final match the day before yesterday, stressing that they will fight for the championship that was absent from the Saudi team in the past years.
Abdullah Al-Hamdan, the goal-scoring winner for Qatar, said: “I am very happy with the goal you scored in the net of Qatar, which gave us the qualification for the final, and I think we deserved to win.”
He added: «We will seek to crown the title (Khaleeji 24) in order to delight our fans, and we will do our best against the Bahrain national team in order to obtain the cup.»
Al-Hamdan praised the great effort made by his colleagues in the match, stressing that everyone was responsible.
On the other hand, Abdul-Ilah Al-Maliki said: "The victory came after a hard effort made by the players during the two halves of the match." He added that he and his colleagues will continue to work to provide the best in the coming stage, especially as only one step separates them from winning the title for the fourth time in the history of Saudi football. Al-Maliki continued: «We presented a big match in terms of the good performance that we appeared despite the difficulty of the match against the Asian champions, and the players were up to their responsibility, and I am happy personally.» Maliki acknowledged the difficulty of the final match that brought his team to the Bahraini national team, as he expressed his desire to provide his team a good performance, and promised to achieve the title in order to delight the green fans. A number of Al-Akhdar players on the social networking site «Twitter» confirmed their intention to achieve the title, including Abdel Fattah Asiri, Hattan Bahbari and others, but they warned against negligence in front of a difficult team, Bahrain, who wanted to write its name for the first time in the Gulf championship.
Renard: Al-Dossary and Salman Al-Faraj are ready for the final
The Saudi national team coach, French Herve Renard, said that "Al-Akhdar" made an important step, but they have not yet won anything, calling on his players to be very focused. He confirmed in a press statement: "We have not won the championship yet, and our previous match with Bahrain does not mean anything in the next meeting." Renard assured the Saudi fans that Salem Al-Dossari and Salman Al-Faraj were ready to play in the final match, despite their absence from the semi-finals.
Bahrain coach: "High Soul" led us to the final
The coach of the Bahrain national team, Helio Souza, said that "it was the high spirit of the Bahraini players that led us to win against Iraq and reach the final match," noting in press statements that facing Saudi Arabia in the final will be very difficult, especially in light of the technical level of the "green" players. But he showed great confidence in his players after all they presented in the championship, and they will fight for the first title. Riyadh - d