The coach of the Portuguese national football team, Paulo Bento, expressed his happiness with the players’ performance, despite the 1-1 draw with his Qatari counterpart at the start of the “Gulf 26” tournament, stressing that “Al-Abyad” was the best, but conceded a goal from a positional error. Defensive.
He said in a press conference after the match: “The team deserved to win because it was the best and performed well, and had many chances to score.” He added: “We got one point, and it was a difficult match between two good teams, but we were able to control most of the match and created many chances.”
He continued: “It is very important to focus on the next match against Kuwait, and work on the recovery of the players.”
For his part, Qatar national team coach, the Spanish Luis Garcia, confirmed that he knew from the beginning that the match would be difficult because he had good players, pointing out that his players did a good job, and that he was satisfied with what they presented during the match, and was proud that they fought until the last minute.
He said in the press conference: “Although the Qatari team scored the first goal from a penalty kick, it retreated after that, but it came back again in the second half, and became a rival to the Emirati team.”
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