He expressed his dissatisfaction with the programming of the Baniyas match in the league

Kaiser: Al-Jazira was not lucky in Asia, and we missed influential players

Dutch Marcel Kaiser.

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Al-Jazira team coach, Dutch Marcel Kaiser, said that his team was not lucky during the participation in the AFC Champions League, which the team concluded by exiting the group stage, after occupying the last place in its group with only four points, noting that they missed a number of influential players. At the same time, he confirmed that his team played some matches with a squad that was dominated by young players.

"We lost players like Serbian Milos Kosanovic, Muhammad Al-Attas and Salem Rashid, but at the same time the young players made a strong effort," Kaiser told "Emirates Al-Youm" after the end of his match against the Saudi youth in the Asian Championship.

Al Jazeera's current participation in the AFC Champions League is the seventh in which it has been eliminated from the group stage, similar to the six editions in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2017.

"Pride of Abu Dhabi" did not provide the expected performance during his career in the competition in the current version, as he lost at the hands of the Saudi youth in two matches, against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in two meetings, while winning and drawing two matches against Mumbai City, India, to finish his career in last place with four points. Just.

The team is awaiting stressful programming, as it will face the Baniyas team in the 21st round of the ADNOC Professional League, at a time when its players are suffering from fatigue, as the team fought six strong confrontations within 21 days.

Kaiser expressed his dissatisfaction with the stressful programming awaiting his team, noting that his team would not have enough rest before facing the "Heavenly", which forced him to play the last round of the group stage of the AFC Champions League with the reserve team.

The Dutchman, Marcel Kaiser, said that things will be difficult for his team, as the players will be tired due to the lack of time in arriving in the capital, Abu Dhabi, after they were free at dawn yesterday to participate in the Asian competition that was held in the assembly system in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, over a period of three weeks, during which he fought The team had six matches, won one match and drew the same, while losing four matches to be eliminated from the group stage.

The coach of Al-Jazira team said that thinking about the league matches made him choose a squad, mostly of young players, to play against the Saudi youth in the last round of the AFC Champions League. And Diaby is from the squad so that they are ready for Saturday’s match.”

Al-Jazira occupies third place in the league standings with 41, 8 points behind the leaders Al-Ain, and 4 from the third-placed Al-Wahda team.

The Dutch coach said in response to Al Jazira’s chances of competing for the title: “Certainly getting the first place is a beautiful thing, as is the case with the second that qualifies us to participate in the Asian Champions League in the next edition, we are close to them, in the first place we have to win in all The remaining matches.

• “I rested the main players in the Saudi Youth match, as difficult confrontations await us in the league.”

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