Serving the UAE National Team Best Interest is a Priority.. Sergiy Rebrov: I Highly Trust All Players
I Only Focus On Preparing My Team and Show Respect to All Opponents
Ahead of Al Ain Team’s second to last match in the league, the head coach of the Boss squad insisted that the most critical aspect to focus on currently is to serve the best interest of the UAE National Football Team and other national teams as well, like Soufiane Rahimi and Laba Kodjo who are about to join their national teams soon. In addition, he pointed out that they have to prepare the players for the critical match against Australia.
In the pre-match press conference of matchweek 25 of the ADNOC Pro League against Ajman, he added: “I am sure the players understand well that they have to focus on the coming match against Ajman as they will not play the final match of the league. By that time, they will have already joined the national team’s training camp. Therefore, they have to prepare well to play a good match.”
In response to the players’ lack of enthusiasm after winning the league title, he said: “I do not doubt the players’ readiness. Despite the bad weather conditions, we all saw their genuine desire to play during the team’s recent match against Al Nasr. They played seriously and were well disciplined. As a result, the team deserved to win against the home team.
He went on to say: “I cannot expect the result of our match against Ajman, but I am sure that the players will enjoy playing the match not only to attack the opponent. I always tell them to enjoy playing the match and defend our goal. In our recent match against Al Nasr, they did their best in fulfilling their defensive tasks compared to offensive ones.”
As for his expectations for the coming away match against Ajman, he commented: “I expect it will be a normal but interesting match. I believe that the players of both teams will lack enthusiasm as it has no impact on the team’s positions, and they will play for the team’s reputation. I have to stress that we have to show respect to all opponents and focus on our affairs only. We have to be careful when playing against Ajman and have no idea about Al Wasl’s situation at their recent match against Ajman. I believe that was much was of no importance for them.”
Rebrov indicated that the coaching teams will assess the players in terms of their level of readiness pointing out that “after our recent match against Al Nasr, we did not have any injured player despite the bad weather conditions except Rafael Pereira who was replaced after he was injured.”
He signed off by saying: “Today, we will check his condition and ensure he is ready. As for other players, they are ready to go.”
