2024-01-14 09:35:26
Doha, January 13 (QNA) – Argentine coach Hector Cuper, coach of the Syrian national football team, expressed his satisfaction with the result of the draw once morest the Uzbek national team in the match that took place today at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in the first round of the second group competitions of the Asian Cup Qatar 2023.
The Syrian team has one point, equal to its Uzbek counterpart, while the Australian team leads the group with three points following defeating India earlier today with two clean goals.
The former coach of Inter Milan, Italy, and Valencia, Spain, added: We faced a strong team that possessed technical stability, and I want to thank all the players and I am satisfied with the result and praise the performance.
Cooper continued: The Uzbek national team has many distinguished players in the midfield, and we tried to play in our usual style, applying some technical ideas, and it was difficult to change the way of playing.
He said that the exclusion of the team captain, Omar Al-Somah, was due to his incompatibility with his ideas and the method of play that he chose, indicating that there are some players who may not adapt or harmonize with the team.
The Argentine Cuper concluded: We are at the beginning of the tournament and the chances are equal among the teams in the group. We hope that we will have success in the next confrontation once morest the Australian team, where we will analyze the opponent’s performance, and we will work to correct some of the mistakes that were revealed in today’s confrontation.
In turn, Ahmed Madaniyah, the Syrian national team’s goalkeeper, said that the opening matches are special, and the result is considered good at the beginning of the continental national team’s journey.
The Syrian national team goalkeeper, who won the best player award, added that the Uzbek national team played in a strong manner, “and we performed well, and we were able to keep a clean sheet thanks to the good performance.”
He continued: The Australian team is a strong team and has many distinguished and experienced players, and our goal is to get the three points to get closer to qualifying for the next round.
The second round of the group competitions will be held on January 18, where the Syrian national team will meet its Australian counterpart, while the Indian national team will play with the Uzbekistan national team.
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