Zlatko Daliتش, the former Al Ain team coach and the Croatian national team, who led the “leader” to the 2016 AFC Champions League final after 13 years of absence, said he “remains unbelievable that Al Ain is losing at home and among its fans with a great result from Sibhan. », Stressing at the same time that the team must strive to meet the Saudi victory in order to win, and that he is confident that Al Ain will return strongly, and will restore confidence in the second round of the Asian Championship next Tuesday.
It is noteworthy that Al Ain opened its matches in the fourth group in the Champions League last Tuesday, when it lost at home 4-0 from Sebhan, and has become a demand for compensation and victory in the next Al-Nasr meeting, which is extremely difficult in view of the strength of the Saudi team, which drew 2-2 in its first meeting In front of the dam.
The Croatian coach told «Emirates Today» that he followed the details of the match that brought together the “leader” and Sebhan, and that until this moment he was surprised that Al-Ain suffered such a big loss, and he has no logical explanation for it.
Zlatko Daliتش, who has a good record against Iranian clubs in the Asian Champions, added that the loss could occur in football, which is normal, and he hoped that the "leader" would be able to compensate in the second round match that will be held at Hazza Stadium as well.
He said, "The team must quickly fix things and return to the right path as soon as the beginning of the next match, because only winning will keep their hopes of qualifying, while the loss will make it difficult for him after that to reach the round of sixteen."
Zlatko Dalic has an inspiring story with the Al Ain team in the AFC Champions League in the 2016 edition, as he lost at the opening of the group stage at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in front of the Qatari army, and lost the second round to the same opponent outside the home, but then he managed to lead the "leader" for a series of victories up to For the final he lost to South Korea's Chonbuk 2-3, with two games. The Croatian coach, who is currently coaching his national team and arrived with him for the 2018 World Cup final against France, stressed that the Al Ain players in their turn must strive more and give their best always, and continued: «A team the size of Al Ain Club in my assessment deserves to be always among the top 10 clubs on the continent Asian ».
Zlatko spent 1048 days with Al-Zaeem, during which he played 137 games in the AFC Champions League, the Arab Gulf League, the President’s Cup, the Super Cup, the Arab Gulf Cup, and the UAE-Moroccan Super Cup, and he won in 79 games, tied in 31, lost 27, scored The team under his leadership achieved a good result of 269 goals, while he received 149 nets, and under his leadership the team achieved four championships and came out of 12.
It is calculated for the Croatian coach that he led the team to appear in the AFC Champions League final, after a wait of 13 years, and before that he reached the semi-finals before he went out at the hands of the Saudi Hilal, while the team regained the title of the Arab Gulf League and the President’s Cup, after its absence from the podium for a long time , And lost only to Al-Ahly, Al-Shabab and Al-Jazeera in the League, and to the Army in the Asian Champions.
The Croatian sent Zlatko a special message to the fans of the team through «Emirates Today», in which he said that he would like to thank all the fans, players and management for the wonderful moments he lived during the period in which he was the coach of the team, and continued: “I did not forget the club or the fans, and I tell them, wait for me soon in Alain city".
A team the size of Al Ain Club, in my assessment, deserves to be always among the top 10 clubs in the Asian continent.
- Zlatko lost with Al Ain the first two games in 2016, but he led the "leader" for a series of victories that led him to the final to lose to Shunbuk.