Mohammed Syed Ahmed (Abu Dhabi)
Dutch coach Marcel Kaiser expressed his great confidence in his team’s ability to present a special match once morest Al Hilal, tomorrow, “Sunday” in the second round of the Club World Cup, to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament, describing the confrontation as very difficult; Because it is in front of one of the strongest team in the region and the Asian champion, and has the best distinguished players, stressing his great confidence in the players of the “Pride of Abu Dhabi”.
Kaiser said: We will not change our usual method of positive possession and creating the largest number of opportunities, and I hope that we will succeed in investing a large number of them in front of the opponent’s goal, although it will be a difficult task. Otherwise, I would have kept the basics, and pushed the national team players in the match to secure victory, and the first match was not just a preparation for Al Hilal, but we had the goal of resting the internationals and granting playing minutes to those who were absent in the last period, and this was achieved in the match that did not reduce the big win , The pressure is on the players, who have the motivation to fight to achieve a positive result once morest Al Hilal.
Kaiser refused to comment on the fluctuation of Al Hilal’s results in the Saudi League, and said: I have no explanations for the performance of “Blue” in the local league, but this is normal for most teams, and in the end we will face the Asian champion, who is represented by distinguished players in all lines of play.
For his part, Al-Jazira defender Milos said: I have a good idea regarding Al-Hilal, and I know that it includes a large number of distinguished Saudi and foreign players, and they have won the continental title with merit, and we respect them, but our confidence is great in the possibility of qualifying at his expense to the semi-finals.
He added: Al Hilal’s results in the local league have no effect; Because this is a different tournament and Al Hilal players are professionals, they know how to shift their focus between tournaments. It also included new players, and it is a very big team, and losing or drawing matches in the league does not mean that it is a bad team.
He added, “We play in our well-known way, and although that will be difficult, we have great confidence in dealing with various competitors.”