Sometimes you need a little luck .. but persistence is the most important

Al Ain team coach, Serbian Vladimir Evic, expressed his happiness with the difficult victory (1- zero) over Al-Ahly youth. In the fifth round of the ADNOC Professional League, stressing that the players showed a high combat spirit and insist on achieving victory.

Evic said at the press conference after the match, which was held at Rashid Stadium in Dubai. In front of about 8000 spectators: “In the first half, Al -Ahly’s youth were the most dangerous party and a retention of the ball, and he succeeded in making some opportunities, but we also got achieved opportunities, most notably the Lapa Kudju ball, in addition to a correct goal I think was not worth canceling because of the error, I saw the return and I do not see any violation.”

He added: «In the second half, our performance has improved a lot, we took control of the events and did not give the competitor clear opportunities to score except for a shot in the post and the penalty kick, while we succeeded in scoring a beautiful goal from an organized attack, and we had other opportunities, including a ball with the Palace that collided with the post.

Al -Ain coach stressed that the victory came thanks to the good preparation and the great determination of the players, noting that the team deserved the three points despite the difficulty of the confrontation, and said: “Football sometimes needs a little luck, but the most important thing is desire and persistence.”

Al Ain attached the first loss this season to its host Al -Ahly, the champion of the league, to raise Al -Ain to 13 points, and lead the league alone, while Al -Ahly’s balance was frozen at 10 points in fourth place.

The “El Clásico” witnessed dramatic events of lost injuries and opportunities, most notably two wasting penalty kicks for the host team, as Al Ain was shocked early with the exit of his Korean player Park injured in the 14th minute, then defender Rami Rabia was injured in the 44th minute, and in the 71st minute Kaku launched a long -term shell inhabited the net of goalkeeper Hamad Al -Muqbali, giving the eye the only goal.

The excitement reached its climax in the 88th minute when the referee calculated a penalty for the youth of Al -Ahly after obstructing Sardar, carried out by Kartia and made by Khaled Issa, but Sardar continued the ball in the net, but the referee returned to the video technology, and decided to return it due to the progress of the Al -Ahly youth players inside the region, and when the repetition took over Sardar himself, but he wasted the kick after he hit the ball in the cross. The opportunity of a tie and the meeting ends with a precious victory for the eye.

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Paulo Souza: Al -Ahly youth presented the best match under my leadership

Al -Ahly youth coach, Portuguese Paulo Souza, expressed his great pride in his team’s players despite the loss against Al Ain with a goal without a response, stressing that his team presented his best match since he took over, but he paid the price of wasting opportunities and not investing offensive control.

“The opponent has exhausted us with many opportunities and attacks, but we did not succeed in translating it into goals, frankly, I am very proud of what they presented on the field.”

He added: “Al -Ahly youth did everything in the match, from opportunities across the parties and from the depth, and we deserved more than one penalty, but in football it is not a condition that you win when the best, football is the efficiency in exploiting opportunities, and this is what we missed in the match.”

The Portuguese coach pointed out that Al -Ain played most of the meeting on the counterattacks, and said: “Al Ain relied only on the apostates, while we were the most dangerous and most dangerous party for opportunities.

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