The Khorfakkan Serbian coach Goran Tuzdevic confirmed that his team did not plan to reach the additional time or penalty kicks during the team's match against Al Wasl, but he was planning to rest some of the main players to preserve them, given that his team's focus is on the matches of the Arab Gulf League, pointing out that his team suffered from the problem of injuries in The ranks of the players in the first 23 minutes of the match, indicating that both Ahmed Ibrahim and Nawaf Rashid had left in the first half because of the injury, stressing that some players participated for the first time.
"Our plans were to push the main players in the team in the second half, but the injuries changed all our arrangements in this regard," Khorfakkan coach said at the press conference after the match.
The Khorfakkan coach considered that his team had dangerous opportunities to score, but Al Wasl succeeded with the individual effort of Brazilian player Fabio de Lima to score the only goal of the match.
He added, "We are seeking to play this match, Finland, in order to prepare the team for its upcoming match again against Al-Wasl in the league on this 28th."