Al Ain team coach, Pedro Emmanuel, said that in the Saudi victory match, the "leader" may face the same fate that he found in the last meeting when he lost by a clean quartet at the hands of his Iranian team Sebahan in the first round of the group stage of the AFC Champions League.
The coach confirmed in the press conference today, Monday, that his team is required to show its best against Al-Nasr in the tomorrow's match at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in the second round of the competition, and said: "If we do not show that, we will face the same fate as our match against Sebhan."
Al-Zaeem lost by four, in the first round, by its guest, Sebahan, which is the biggest defeat suffered by the team on its soil in the history of its participation in the championship that won its title in 2003.
The Portuguese coach said about the severe loss he suffered: "I think that the fourth group is the group of death, and the options in it are either in the forefront or the last positions, we have received a harsh lesson in the first round, and all the teams play football with high quality and I believe that 90% of Performance is not enough to achieve the desired aspirations. "
On his victory over the victory in the Saudi League when he was coach last year for the cooperation team, he said that he had become from the past, stressing that his good knowledge of the victory team will not make the "leader" task easy to achieve victory, pointing out that attention to small details is what can You decide the victory for his team.
In response to a question about whether his good knowledge of the Saudi Al-Nasr Club would enhance the chances of his team, he said: "I do not think that this will enhance the ease of our mission in the match, but it is the small details that will determine the result, and my knowledge of victory is very good and the capabilities of his players as well, and we want to Reap three points with respect to the guests' aspirations. "
On the other hand, the Togolese international striker, Lapa Kudjo, stressed that his team’s mission tomorrow against Al-Nasr will not be easy, and that the opponent is one of the largest Saudi clubs. .
He said in the press conference: "We have to show our strength and rise again after the first loss, because we are strong and when we play as a team, especially as we have a capable coach and we look forward to implementing his directives and technical plans as required and we currently face the pressure of matches and we will not look for excuses and we will work to show our best In order to achieve our goal and delight our fans. "
He continued: "I look forward to the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium stadiums crowd Al Ain fans to support our team we love, so that we can win and it is very important for them to attend and be present and we will work to show our best so that they leave the stadium and are happy with the positive result."