Al Ain player, Caio Canedo, confirmed that he did not intend to provoke Al Wasl fans, after he scored two goals in his goal in the match that brought the two teams to the President’s Cup quarter-finals, which ended with the victory of the “leader” by six goals against five, and qualified for the semi-final, pointing out that He was unable to control his feelings and not celebrate the two goals, describing the score in Al Wasl goal as a happy moment because of the value and timing of the two goals.

Caio told «Emirates Today» that he respected Al Wasl and his fans, explaining: “I cannot forget the years I played in Al Wasl ranks, and I don’t know what I can say about my celebration of scoring against my previous team, but by returning to the course of the match, we will find that the value of the two goals "I contributed to my celebration and my joy by helping Al Ain return in the match."

He added: “It was a happy and emotional moment for me, as I scored the third goal at the time during which Al-Ain was three goals behind two goals, so the value of the goal was very important to return in the game a few minutes after Al-Wasl progressed in the result, while I scored the fourth that granted The "leader" has the advantage, so my joy was great. "

He continued: "I respect Al-Wasl very much and it has a special place for me, but I closed this page, as I moved to Al-Ain, and this is football, and I must give everything I have to my team, and this is normal."

The Al Ain player pointed out that the victory he achieved on Hatta, the day before yesterday, in the 17th round of the Arab Gulf League with three goals is of great importance, and he said: “We have achieved a very important victory, because playing on the Hatta stadium is always difficult, as we saw how youth achieved Al-Ahly hardly beat Hatta, so we knew we were going to play against a tough opponent, which increases the importance of winning. ” He added, "It was important for us to win in order to continue chasing Al-Ahly youth."

Regarding the disappointing results and the two defeats at the start of the AFC Champions League matches, he said: “There is no difference, and the reason for our negative start is that we did not play well against Sebahan, and we made many mistakes, while the second match we played well, but we lost, and yet it did not end. Everything and our chances are of qualifying for the round of 16 ».

Caio stressed that Al Ain will not focus only on local championships, and said: “Al Ain plays with all its strength in all competitions, and although we qualified for the President’s Cup semi-finals, and we compete strongly for the league title, this does not mean that we neglect the AFC Champions League, We hold onto the hope of qualifying until the last game. ”

He concluded his remarks by noting that the reason he left after the end of the first half against Hatta was because he was injured, and he said: “I complain about an injury to my feet, and the coach asked me to participate in at least one half against Hatta, while my participation in the next match against Fujairah appears in doubt. Especially since I feel some pain, and we will see during the coming period what can happen. ”

Pedro Emmanuel: Well known, it takes only 30 minutes to score

Al Ain coach, Portuguese Pedro Emmanuel, said that his team's mission against Hatta was not easy, as the performance was affected by the strength of the wind, in addition to the good start on which the opponent appeared, while he praised the performance of a well-known beauty, stressing that he does not need more than 30 minutes to be able to score goals .

He continued: «Certainly, I am very happy with the performance of the player Jamal Maarouf, as he was among the options available to enter the starting lineup always, but I told him that he does not need 90 minutes to score, only 30 minutes is enough to get the job done, he is a professional player, diligent and always ready to play in The main list, and personally I prefer this type of player, and I would like to congratulate him because he helped the team to win, and I also congratulate all my players for respecting the aspirations of the opponent, showing the spirit of challenge, fighting and seriousness, and deserved to win, and our goal is the first place to delight our fans ».

Contess: Ready for any decision from Hatta administration

Hatta coach, Greek Christos Kontis, said that he is ready and accepting any decision that the "hurricane" administration might take, if its desire is to dispense with its services, after the team received a new loss, by defeating Al-Ain, the day before yesterday, with three goals without reply.

Contes said at a press conference that he knew the team's situation had become difficult in the league, but indicated that the team was able to adjust its position in the upcoming rounds.

Not everything is over in the Asian Champions ... and Al Ain has a good chance of qualifying for the round of 16.