Al-Wasl player, Caio Canedo, expressed his happiness with his team’s qualification to the round of 16 of the AFC Elite Champions League, stressing that the “Emperor” must bring the fighting spirit with which he played the continental matches in the ADNOC Professional League matches.
Caio Canedo told Emirates Al-Youm that Al-Wasl achieved the most important thing in the AFC Champions League for the elite, with the team qualifying for the final eight, after tying with Al-Rayyan of Qatar with a goal for each team, in the sixth round of the league stage for the West Asia region, explaining: “We played a very good match. “We were close to achieving victory, but we conceded a goal in the last minutes, which contributed to the match ending in a draw.”
He added: “We are not 100% satisfied, especially since a win would have put us in a good position in the standings, but at the same time getting a point is not a bad thing, because we played against a strong team.”
He continued: “Al-Wasl played well, and we certainly feel sad because of the goal that we conceded in the last minutes, as we created many chances, especially in the first half, and it was enough to make the match easier, as we scored more than one goal, and we must close the file.” The continental championship, and we return to focusing on the league matches.”
As for Al-Wasl’s next two matches against Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia, he said: “We will certainly play two difficult matches against strong competitors, while at the same time Al-Wasl is strong, but this is not the time to talk about these two matches that will be played in two months, and we must focus on the upcoming matches.” only”.
In response to a question about the reason for the difference in Al-Wasl’s performance in the league matches, compared to its good appearance in the AFC Champions League for the elite, he said: “I always say that we have a strong team and a good group of players, and there is no doubt that we are not happy with the results that the team achieved in the past rounds of the league.” We must be inspired and bring the spirit with which we play continental matches when we return to league matches.”
Caio Canedo stressed the difficulty of facing Al-Bataeh in the ninth round of the league, and said: “We will play an important match from all aspects, whether in terms of its difficulty against a competitor that will not be easy, and wants to achieve a good result, in addition to that Al-Wasl enters the match with the aim of returning to the victories that it achieved.” “I was absent from the team in the last five rounds, as there is no room for losing more points, because that means that we are taking a new step backwards, and our position becomes more difficult in approaching the clubs that are competing for the first places in the ranking list.”
. We are not 100% satisfied with the result of the Al Rayyan match, especially since a win would have put us in a good position in the standings.
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