The joy of Al Ain team coach, Argentine Hernan Crespo, was disturbed by the injury of his team’s international midfielder, Mohamed Abbas, during the “El Clásico” match, in which Al Ain won 4-2 at the expense of Al Wasl, the day before yesterday, in the fourth round of the ADNOC Professional Football League. The foot injury coincides with the presence of the trio Khaled Al-Hashimi, Yahya Nader and Laba Kodjo on the injured list, at a time when the team will suffer from the pressure of matches during the month of next October.
Crespo said in a press conference, in response to a question about the injury of player Mohamed Abbas, who left the field in the middle of the first half: “I do not want to talk about injuries. We have a number of players suffering from injuries. “Kwame came into the match just coming back from an injury, and Mohamed Abbas received a kick to his foot during the match.”
The Argentine coach pointed out that his team is facing pressure from matches due to the “calendar” and that he must adapt to it. He said: “We have to accept the pressure of matches. We are working for the players to recover quickly because after that we will face another match, and when we have a chance to get a break, the players will be called up to their country’s national teams, and certainly this is the fate of the big clubs.”
In response to a question about the necessity of Al Ain having two teams to face the pressure of matches, he said: “I have a wonderful group of players and their strength lies in cohesion. We are currently in the construction phase in preparation for what awaits us in the future. We are improving in some aspects, and we showed a strong character in the Al-Wasl match that we must continue.”
Crespo, who leads Al-Zaeem for the second season in a row, expressed his happiness with the performance of his players in the Al-Wasl match more than the final result, and said: “We are happy with the result, but more so with the performance that the team presented. Winning with a big result over the defending champion is a source of happiness.” .
Miloš: We are not ashamed
Al-Wasl coach, Serbian Milos Milojevic, said that his team lost three points in the league championship campaign, and that this defeat came against a strong team, stressing that he cannot feel ashamed of the result that the confrontation ended with.
In his speech, Milos stressed the importance of benefiting from what happened during the match, and said: “What is important for us is to benefit from the mistakes we made in this match so that they are not repeated with us in the upcoming matches that await us.”
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