Al Ain team coach, Pedro Emmanuel, used the press conference to face the "leader" and Al Wasl in the quarter-finals of the President's Cup for football in order to defend his goalkeeper, international Khaled Issa, after the mistake he made before the end of their confrontation against the Saudi victory last Tuesday.
The coach said at the press conference today that his confidence in the first team goalkeeper is greater than ever and that football is a game of mistakes and he should not place all the blame on the best goalkeeper in the country at the moment as he described it.
The wrong exit of the international goalkeeper cost his team the result of their match against the Saudi victory in the AFC Champions League.
Khaled Issa had tried to prevent the Al-Nasr striker Abdel-Razzaq Hamdallah from reaching the ball near the corner flag, and he placed his body between him and the ball until he went out to hit a goal, but the Saudi team player managed to kidnap it and put it in the net, so that the purple team suffered the second loss in the Asian Championship after Clean quad in front of Iranian Spahan.
Pedro Emmanuel described goalkeeper Khaled Issa as the best goalkeeper in the country and occupies the mission of the primary goalkeeper of the Al Ain team and the national team. He said: “Football is basically a game of error. I support Khaled at these times. For me, my confidence in him is greater than ever and he looked From him to provide the best performance in the upcoming matches. "
In response to a question about whether he expected his team to easily qualify for the semi-finals at the expense of Al Wasl due to their victory over him in the league match with five, coach Pedro Emmanuel said that the confrontation on Saturday will be different from the league match.
He said: "This is a stand-alone tournament, we have to forget that victory and be in our full focus to play the match. I expect it will be a completely different match so we have to prepare for it as required."
The international guard had apologized for the error and posted a message through his account on the social networking site "Twitter", which he sent to the Emirati fans in general and Al Ain fans in particular.
Issa said: "God forbid and did what he wanted. The football game is a mistake. I always apologize for the men’s slogan. My message to the fans of the Emirates and the faithful eye I apologize for the error that was issued from me, and I wish to accept the apology."
The tweet set records within minutes of its publication, and it now reached 1,600 repeats, 4,400 likes and 2,700 comments, most of which came in support of the guard.
It was remarkable that the official account of Al Ain Club responded to the player's tweet in a rare move, saying: "You are the hero Yabo Hamad."