Al Ain team coach, Pedro Emmanuel, said that the statement of his fellow countryman, Jose Mourinho, the current coach of Tottenham, that “the defense brings the championships right, but only with the Inter Milan team, when he was under Mourinho’s leadership, and that it is not suitable for Al Ain”. It is reported that Inter were crowned in 2010 with three historical titles: (European Champions, Italian Cup and League).

Pedro refused to link between the reception of his team for many goals, and his inability to win the championships, and said that although the team entered its own five goals in the Al Wasl meeting, in the quarter-finals of the President’s Cup, it achieved the most important qualification, after he scored six goals.

He said at the press conference yesterday, in response to a question to «Emirates Today», about Mourinho’s famous saying: “What Mourinho said depends on the team and the quality of the players in the squad, I am sure that Inter Milan would not have crowned that title except by adopting that defensive method "Everyone's watched. They played in a way according to the capabilities of the players. I don't think Real Madrid or Barcelona would have won the title if it played the same way for Inter Milan."

The coach, who was crowned under Mourinho’s Champions League title with Porto in 2004, added: “In Al Ain, I have a variety of players with offensive tendencies, so we are adopting the offensive style. It is true that we received five goals against Al Wasl, but I am satisfied with the players’ performance in that match "Especially we have achieved the important thing, which is to win six goals scored by Lapa Kudjo and Caio alone."

Al-Ain will be hosting Hatta tomorrow in round 17 of the Arab Gulf League, and he is required to win only. He continued, "We have become aware of the capabilities of our players, and in my estimation, Hatta has to be careful in the next match, because I am sure that we will score goals in this match, especially as we have a strong desire to win."

But the Portuguese coach admitted the difficulty of facing Hatta, and said: "We will play a game against a team that loves playing real football on the field and taking possession of the ball, and we must maintain our focus throughout the match." He added: "We know that they need to get the full match points, as they are playing at home, so they will try their best to win, in return my team is living in good moments in the current period, and everyone knows what we have to do in the league."

Al Ain coach Hatta warned that "the leader" will score goals during the 17th round tomorrow.