I was not afraid to take responsibility after the departure of Amouta .. I was courageous

Al -Jazira coach, Algerian Hamza Sarrar, said that the victory achieved by the team against Sharjah with a goal without a response, the day before yesterday, in the second round of the ADNOC Professional League, represents a great moral incentive for the players, as it came after the loss in the first round against Khor Fakkan, which led to the dismissal of Moroccan coach Hussein Amouta, indicating that after assuming technical responsibility, he asked Al -Jazeera players as one group, Away from the individual performance, the victory over Sharjah was, although the task was not easy for a large team like Sharjah.

He told «Emirates Today»: “The password in this victory was in the players themselves, because they felt great responsibility, as well as studying the opponent well.” He pointed out that “the role of the coach in the match ranges between 30% and 40%, and the rest is the role of the players on the field.”

And whether he was afraid of taking over the task of the Al -Jazira team, after the psychological state that the players went through, after the loss against Khorfakkan, as well as the departure of Amouta, Hamza Sarrar said: “On the contrary, I was not afraid to take responsibility, and my confidence in myself was great, and the most important thing in such cases is that the coach be brave, and I focused during the preparations that preceded the Sharjah match on the mental and tactical sides of the players.”

He concluded: “Any global coach dreams of working with the current group of Al -Jazeera players, and I am happy to work with them now.”

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Hussein Suhail: The performance of the island surprised me .. and the file of “an alternative to Amouta” in the hands of the administration

Al -Jazeera compensated for his first loss against Khorfakkan with a precious victory over Sharjah. Photography: Salem Khamis

Al -Jazira team supervisor, Hussein Suhail, said that the team’s victory over Sharjah puts the team on the right track in the league, stressing that the players’ liberation and their feeling of great responsibility behind the full score, especially since the team was almost shaky, and suspicion infiltrated after the loss against Khorfakkan in the first round that was followed by the dismissal of Moroccan coach Hussein Amouta.

He explained to «Emirates Today»: “The alternative coach of Amouta will be one of the many files that the Board of Directors will reconsider.”

He added: “The team’s performance against Sharjah surprised me on the field in this match, as there was a great insistence on the players to win this match, even if it was against a strong team like Sharjah at its stadium and in front of its fans.”

Hussein Suhail continued: “I was sure of the return of the team, as it includes players with high specifications, but they only needed to employ sound,” Hussein Suhail continued. On the new spirit that appeared among the players, after assigning the task to the substitute coach Hamza Sarrar, Hussein Suhail said: “Regardless of the fact that the former coach was good or otherwise, it is known in the football world that any change gives the players a kind of liberation, along with their sense of responsibility, and there is a period of stopping in the league, and the island will take advantage of it to reconsider many files.”

Hamza Sarrar:

. Any global coach dreams of working with the current group of Al -Jazeera players.