Al Ain team coach, Pedro Emmanuel, said that the expected return of the injured players, such as Mohamed Abdel Rahman (wonder), Yahya Nader and Rayan Yuslim, represents for him "a headache that he enjoys", as it provides him with more options to reach the starting lineup, rather than suffer Because of the lack of ready players.
“The return of the injured is a headache that I enjoy, because it increases the options in front of me to choose the right combination, although I will put my hand every time on my head to choose the best,” Pedro said yesterday at the press conference on facing Fujairah scheduled for the 18th round of the Arab Gulf League. But it is definitely a good feeling for the coach, because the few available elements put you in trouble, which I do not wish. ”
Since his arrival in Al Ain, early this year, the squad has not been completed with the return of all players, as it is unlikely that Rayan and Mohammed Khalfan will participate in the Fujairah meeting, while Mohammed Abdul Rahman and Yahya Nader are among the available options.
Pedro stressed that his strategy depends on paying 100% of ready players only, and that any unprepared player takes him away from the list, and he said: For me too, the players I pay from the beginning are not my best, because the substitutes are also good players. This was confirmed by everyone in the Hatta match, when Jamal Maarouf participated as a substitute and scored two goals.
He added: Every player in the team is important, and every one of them knows the role required of him to play in the games, they must always show their best, and they must take a well-known beauty as an example to be followed, as in every game in which he participates he gives the team the best that he has.
On the reason why his team did not appear well in the first half of the games, he said: “When the match begins, the opponent is in full focus, so we are patient because with the passage of time our opponent begins to leave the spaces that we exploit from our side. For me it is not important when we score The goal of winning is as much as I care about victory. ”
And on whether he will resort to rotation in the Fujairah meeting, to prepare the players for the Sharjah matches in the Cup and Al-Jazeera in the 19th round of the league, he said: «We must be in full focus in the Fujairah meeting, and then we will turn our attention to facing Sharjah».
Regarding the postponement of the third round of the Asian Champions ’match against Al Sadd, he said:“ I felt very comfortable postponing, because we were going to face decisive confrontations at short time. We will take advantage of this by re-preparing our players physically and psychologically. ”
Al-Ain and the ranks of the Arab Gulf League are 34 points, five points behind Al-Ahly youth leaders, and it has the opportunity to reduce the difference to two points temporarily if it beats Fujairah, before Al-Ahly and Al-Nasr youth summit tomorrow.
Pedro confirmed that the postponement of the third round of the Asian Champions relieved the players of great pressure for the matches in a short time.