Al Jazeera challenges Al Hilal with the "spirit of the 2017 World Cup"

At 08:30 pm today, attention is directed towards Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in the capital, Abu Dhabi, which will witness an Arab-Gulf confrontation in the second round of the FIFA Club World Cup, when Al Jazeera receives the Saudi Crescent, in a meeting that is not divisible by two, at a time when it will qualify The winner to face Chelsea in the semi-finals of the competition.

The Al-Jazira team calls for the spirit of 2017, when it made its way to the semi-finals at the time, and faced Real Madrid, but at the present time it must pass the "leader" obstacle to then collide with the European champion.

Al-Jazira had overcome the fever of the beginnings in the competition, and won a wide 4-1 victory over its rival Perai of Tahiti in the opening match that was held last Thursday, but that confrontation did not represent any challenge to the "pride of Abu Dhabi", especially since the team coming from overseas was the victory It is within reach.

Dutch coach Marcel Kaiser acknowledged the difficulty of the confrontation, but indicated that this would not prevent his team's desire to present a good show and invest the moral boost it received from winning its opening match.

Kaiser said, in the press conference, "We know that we will face a team that represents one of the football forces in Asia, which includes among its ranks a group of distinguished players, but we have confidence in ourselves and strive to present another great match, and I believe that such confrontations are an opportunity to do our best." ".

He added: "We are able to play this match and play at a good level, especially since we achieved our goal from the previous confrontation, which is to win and give the opportunity to a group of players who did not have the conditions previously, and give others some rest, and therefore we will play the next confrontation with a group of players who won a premium." Relaxed and ready for this tough fight."

Kaiser denied that the pressure on his team will be greater in this match, stressing that his team is looking forward to providing a lot in the Al Hilal match, stressing that his opponent remains the team with the big name even if there has been fluctuation in its local results in the recent period, because the championship and ambition now is different.

Today's confrontation will be a real challenge for the representative of the UAE, especially as it is facing the champion of the Asian continent, which is armed with stars of high caliber, which was reinforced by six additional deals, led by the Brazilian Michel Delgado "from Flamengo", and the Nigerian Odion Ighalo, who moved from the youth.

The Saudi team enters the confrontation with full ranks, after the addition of Peruvian Andrei Carrillo and Colombian Gustavo Cuellar to the team's list, after their participation with their countries' teams in the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.

Al-Hilal coach, Portuguese Jardim, said that facing Al-Jazira is the measure of his team's ability to move forward in the tournament, determine its goals, and at the same time avoid losing in order to avoid an early exit, and therefore caution in it is necessary.

He added in the press conference: "It is a confrontation that will allow us to express our capabilities as the Asian champion team and participate in this tournament on this basis, and therefore our goals are determined by facing Al-Jazira, and to what extent we are able to continue."

The Al Hilal coach explained that he was keen to follow up on previous matches for Al Jazeera, in addition to his opening match against Tahiti's Perai, and assure him that the team has distinguished technical capabilities, which requires his team to be careful in order to stop the sources of danger, otherwise Al Jazeera will threaten his team's march to continue in the championship.

Al Hilal coach expressed his confidence in the squad currently with his team, especially after the departure of a player like French Bafetimbi Gomez, stressing that the current group is capable of realizing the team's ambitions, and that he took with him a group outside the championship list to use them in case of any emergency.

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