He congratulated Al-Wasl football club over claiming the title of ADNOC Pro League football tournament in this current edition
I expect to witness an interesting match bringing together the champion of AFC Champions League football tournament and the champion of ADNOC Pro League local football tournament
Hernán Crespo, the Argentine manager of Al-Ain football club, started the evaluative press conference for the match that will bring together his team with Al-Wasl football club, expressing his deep congratulations to the rival team during the upcoming round of competitions of ADNOC Pro League local football tournament, on the occasion of decisively claiming the title of this local football tournament, asserting: “In my point of view, I think that the upcoming match will be interesting, bringing together the champion of AFC champions League football tournament and the champion of ADNOC Pro League local football tournament. It is also for sure that we need to evaluate the state of readiness of the players who engaged in the final match of AFC Champions League football tournament and claimed a decisive victory over their competing Japanese team of Yokohama F. Marinos, we also have in front of us two days for preparations to take on our match vs Al-Wasl football club.”
In response to a question over the coaching strategy he will adopt all along the remaining matches of this season of ADNOC Pro League local football tournament, he said: “It is for sure that I will not be talking over the coaching strategy and style of play I will adopt all along the remaining matches of this season of ADNOC Pro League local football tournament, I also have a deep respect for our identity and for our competing teams, but I will engage the players who played during this season fewer minutes than their teammates.”
Commenting on a question over the engagement of “international” players before the end of ADNOC Pro League local football tournament, which will make the matches look like as if they were friendly matches, he said: “In fact, I definitely did not wish to see this matter taking place, because we are required to respect the tournament and the team’s logo with which we are affiliated, but our approach is always to compete to claim victory in every match we take on, despite that we are well aware of the true nature of the challenges of matches fixtures all along the current season, so we need to have respect for it.”
Over the praise he received from the fans of the United Arab Emirates football after claiming, with the team, the title of AFC Champions League football tournament, he said: “Thank you for sure, but I am working as much as I can to prepare the team in order to be able to preform very well, but sometimes I do have the chance to ascend over the top of the coronation podium and make history, while some other times I face challenges that prevent me from achieving my goals, but all over my professional career as a football manager, when I was with all the teams I have taken responsibility for, I was capable of competing, while with Al-Ain we have brought on an extremely awesome accomplishment, but it is attributed to the team’s players not to the team’s manager. Yes, I had my own ideas spinning within me, but without the players I would have never been able to achieve anything, and it would also be impossible to reach the top and claim the glory. I am happy with our victory and this is just the beginning, we also need to improve in order to be able to be on the highest levels of readiness to take on the future challenges.”
