Damir Karzner Hails Al Ain Players’ Stunning Performance in The “Derby” Clash
In the post-match press conference, the Head Coach Assistant Damir Karzner “Kirki” stated that the two teams played aflame match and they had equal chances to win it; yet Al Ain was able to exhibit their strong charisma against the opponent on their filed and among their fans.
“Players abided by the head coach’s instructions and tactics and things went well. We were lucky enough to score in the nets of our competitor and achieved a merited victory over one of the teams competing to be at the top place of the standing table,” said he.
Commenting on a question on the reason behind overcoming the shortage in number of players and to win this “Derby”, he said: “Al Ain has adopted an appropriate technique to counter our opponent team, in addition to the conditions we are facing currently, that is the absence of a number of key players in Al Ain starting lineup. I would like to pay tribute to the players for their quality performance, commitment and high focus from kickoff till the end whistle.”
“We adopted 4-1-4-1 plan while the team in defensive positions. Ahmed Barman and Amer Abdul Rahman were supporting the defenders and we urged the defenders specially on the flanks to enhance the team’s efforts while the team is offensive positions. It was rewarding tactic and Bambo was able to score in one of the team’s offensive attempts,” added he.
On the technical decision to substitute Omar Abdul Rahman prior the end of the match, he stated: “Omar enjoys the charisma of a leader and he is capable to create the added value to the team, besides being able to create dangerous chances from the depth and flanks. He was unhappy to be substituted because his desires to continue playing next to his fellows but it was clear that he is exhausted in the last third of the match and the Head Coach decided to replace him.”
