Crespo: Opportunity is at Hand to Show Our Best vs Saudi Al-Nassr
Hernán Crespo, the Argentine manager of Al-Ain, described his team’s match vs Saudi Al-Nassr in AFC Champions League quarter-finals, which is scheduled to take place on Monday evening, as a match vs a big team and they have to benefit from it.
He said at the press conference: “We are glad to be at quarter-finals and to face a team like Al-Nassr. We play the match on our pitch, while opportunity is at our hand to show our best in this match.”
Al-Ain’s coach expressed regret on the absence of his team’s forward player Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba due to injury, he said: “Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba will be out of our calculations, but the remaining players are ready. I also have faith in my squad players, which will play the match, while all preparations for this match went very well.”
On Al-Nassr’s squad of global players, he said: “They have many good players, but in football it is natural to have sufficient information on your rival so you can decide the most suitable strategy. At the same time, we have to focus on ourselves, simply because this is what we can control. The match is not only 90 minutes, but it is 180 minutes, so we always have, as we usually do, to perform our best.”
