Struggling to avoid Asian exit

Al-Jazira coach admits: I did not succeed in my choices against the Saudi youth

Dutch coach Marcel Keers.

From the source

Al-Jazira coach, Dutch Marcel Kaiser, maintained his team's chances of qualifying for the round of 16 of the AFC Champions League, despite the team's second consecutive loss in the competition, as it occupies the last place without a balance of points.

"Qualifying is still mathematically possible, but it has become difficult, and we will work to improve our performance in the upcoming matches," Kaiser said in the press conference after the match, which he lost to Saudi youth by 3-0.

The team is struggling to avoid the specter of getting out of the group stage, similar to the six editions in which it participated in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2017, so there is no alternative for it but to reset the compass, starting with tomorrow's match against Mumbai City, India.

Commenting on the reason behind the heavy loss in the match, the coach admitted that he was unsuccessful in managing the match, and said: “We did not start well, and I bear the responsibility, because I did not succeed in my choices. After the switch in the middle of the first half, the performance improved and we played a good 60 minutes, but we We were already two goals behind.”

The "pride of Abu Dhabi" became required to win all its remaining four matches in order to compete for promotion to the second round and avoid exit from the group stage, and it will meet in the next round on Thursday, the Indian team Mumbai City.

• «Qualification is still mathematically possible, but it has become difficult».

• "We will work to improve our performance in the upcoming matches."

Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news