Dubai (Union)
Our Olympic team is preparing to face its counterpart Tajikistan tomorrow, Monday, in the second round of Group D competitions in the AFC U-23 Cup finals in Uzbekistan.
Saudi Arabia leads the fourth group with 3 points following its victory in the first match once morest Tajikistan by five goals, followed by Japan following its victory over our team with two goals to one, while our team finished third, and Tajikistan fourth without points.
This morning, our team performed recovery operations for the players who participated in yesterday’s match once morest Japan, while the evening period witnessed a training session at the Tashkent University Stadium, with the participation of all players.
The technical staff of our Olympic team, led by Spaniard Denis Silva, had closed the file of the Japan match, and asked the players to focus on the Tajikistan match, which is very important for our team, and whose outcome must be resolved in our favour, to revive our chances of continuing the qualifiers in the finals.
The coach of the team confirmed the chances of the Olympic white to qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament, in his statements during the press conference held yesterday following the end of the match, where he expressed his happiness and pride in the team’s performance in the first match.
On the course of the match, Spaniard Denis Silva said: “Although we conceded the first goal in our goal, we did not give up and we equalized following a few minutes. “If we continue to play in the same way, I am confident that we will be able to get the 6 points in the next two matches.”
Saif Majed Al-Mansoori, member of the Board of Directors of the Football Association, who witnessed yesterday the match of our national team once morest Japan and today’s training, was keen to talk with the players following the match, praising the efforts they made and the good collective performance they presented, stressing his confidence that the players have the best to present in the next confrontation once morest the Tajikistan team. Which will be played by «White» in order to achieve victory and return to the competition in the fourth group.
Al-Mansoori stressed, during his conversation with the players, that the result of the opening match in any tournament is often the opposite of what was expected, as the performance of our team was the best throughout the two halves of the match. The next task, the first three points.
