Aruabarina: I bear responsibility for the loss… and the team’s chances are “existing”

The coach of the Argentine national football team, Rodolfo Aruabarina, confirmed that he is the only one who bears responsibility for the loss that Al-Abyad suffered against Bahrain, yesterday, with a score of 1-2, in the first matches of the two teams in the 25th Gulf Cup currently being held in the Iraqi city of Basra.

“I bear responsibility for the image in which the team appeared in the match,” Arwabarina said in the press conference after the match, adding that “the team started the first half well, but there were mistakes in the second half, and the team paid the price for these mistakes.”

He continued, “Despite the loss, the team’s chances of competition still exist in qualifying for the next round,” stressing that it has two remaining matches in the first round to achieve this goal.

And he continued: “As I said before, the national team came to Iraq in order to win the championship title and return to the UAE with the cup,” describing the loss as “painful” and that “there are great hopes pinned on the UAE national team, but the only way to compensate and get out of this situation is to work and focus on Next match.

Team coach:

• «The team started the first half well, but paid the price for the mistakes of the second half».

• “As I said earlier… the national team came to Iraq in order to win the championship title.”

Bahrain coach: We controlled the match

Bahrain’s Portuguese national team coach Helio Souza confirmed that he was happy with the team’s victory over its counterpart, the UAE national team, with two goals to one, during the confrontation that brought the two teams together yesterday, in the first round for Group Two in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup, indicating that the match was difficult, especially in the first round. 15 minutes from the start of the match, but the Bahraini national team players gained confidence in themselves over time during the match, and scored two goals before conceding an Emirati goal in the second half.

The Bahrain national team coach said during the press conference after the match: “We controlled the course of the match during the first half, and we continued to control during the second half after we managed to score two goals, and we were the best in the match, and I am proud of what the players presented in the match.”