Al Sahbani, ‘No time for speaking before Al Hilal confrontation’
Mattar Obaid Al Sahbani, Al Ain FC First Football Team Manager, said that the team is now in the mood of the Asian match. He confirmed, ‘the current stage requires focusing and effort doubling.
There is no time for speaking as those who wish to achieve glory are required to show a spirit of challenge and desire to achieve a great result in practice, he said.
The Al Ain match tomorrow is very important, not only for the club, but also for our lovely city and country as Al Ain is the representative of the whole country at such regional tournament’.
He added, ‘such confrontation is highly important. Al Ain is required to achieve the best result on its ground amid its loyal fans, which would give it a strong motivation and pave the way for the Boss to pass to the semi-finals before the second leg match to be played on 11th of September in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
He continued, ‘we will work with a team spirit to achieve our goal as a management, coaching staff, players, fans and all affiliates to such great sport entity.
We are all ready to face Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, he added.
On the reason for changing the date of the technical meeting and the press conference, Al Sahbani said ‘Actually, I have received a phone call from my brother, Fahed Al-Mofarij, Al Hilal Team Manager, in which he asked me to change the technical meeting and the press conference time. We have received the request of our Saudi brothers with a welcome,’
With regard to the team foreign members’ comfort, he said, ‘I think that all team members, including the foreigners Berg, Douglas, Shiotani and Caio, will be keen to translate the efforts they have exerted throughout the past one and half month into practical results.
Everyone is looking forward for the foreigners to give their best at the team’s first official match at the new season. As I have mentioned, there is no time for speaking now. I think that Douglas has a good opportunity after returning to confirm the coach’s trust. He is well aware that he is requested to fight, avoid despair and completely forget the past’.
