He gave his players a 72-hour break

Al Ain coach: Seriousness is required.. and friendly meetings to discover and correct mistakes

Al-Ain player Laba Kudjo during the friendly match against the Saudi Al-Fayhaa.

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Al-Ain team coach, Ukrainian Sergei Rebrov, said that "the goal of playing friendly matches during the external camp that the team is currently holding in Austria is to discover and identify errors, and then correct them before the start of the sports season early next month, where (the leader) enters him defending his title as a champion. He stressed that his team must show seriousness in all friendly and official matches.

Rebrov said in a press statement to the official website of Al Ain Club yesterday that he is working during the current period to evaluate the performance to put the team in the required degree of readiness, adding: “In the last three days, we have intensified the strong training doses in two periods, morning and evening, before we enter into the last two friendly confrontations and we realize It is good that in such matches we seek to discover mistakes in order to work on them and correct them.”

The Ukrainian coach's statements come after the two friendly losses of 0-2 against Saudi Al-Fayhaa and 1-3 against Kuwait's Kuwait, and in both confrontations he was keen to involve all the main players and substitutes to stand on their levels.

The coach, who renewed his contract with the team until next summer, added: "For us, in all matches, we are required to show our strength and seriousness is required, whether friendly or official, and therefore good and serious preparation is necessary."

Rebrov decided to give the players a long rest for 72 hours, in line with the preparatory program that was established to reach the maximum possible level of readiness before the start of the sports season.

Al-Ain had inaugurated its external camp on the 19th of last July in Bad Gojing, Germany, and the first stage lasted until the 31st of the same month, before entering the second stage in Genberg, Austria, starting from the 31st of July, which is scheduled to continue until the 20th of this month.

Al-Zaeem has played five friendly matches so far, winning the first and second matches in a row against Hankofen Heiling and Groter Fürth, belonging to the German fourth division, with a score of 1-0 and 2-1, respectively, and tied with Saudi Abha negatively without goals in the third confrontation, before losing In the last two matches, Al-Fayhaa of Saudi Arabia scored 0-2 and Al-Kuwait Al-Kuwaiti with a score of 1-3.

■ Al-Ain has played 5 friendlies in the external camp so far, winning two and losing the same, and drawing one.

■ The second phase of the external camp in Al-Ain is currently being held in Austria, and will continue until the 20th of this month.

Ahmed Al Shamsi: The results in the friendlies are not a criterion

Al-Ain team manager, Ahmed Al Shamsi, explained that the preparations for the "Zaeem" are going according to the scheduled program during the external camp period, and that the team has so far participated in 28 training sessions, including five friendly matches, and the program also included a special work on recovery to get rid of stress.

On the friendly matches, he said: “The results in the friendlies are not a criterion for evaluating the team’s return in the season, especially since the coach is keen in every match to give the opportunity to 22 players because the goal of this type of matches is to work on discovering mistakes in order to correct them.”

He concluded: "We have three matches left, scheduled to be held on the 14th, 17th and 18th of this month, and they will all be against European teams, and then the team will return to the country on the 20th of this month."

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