Al Wasl Club held the pre-match press conference for the first football team’s match against Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia , as part of the AFC Champions League Elite. The team’s head coach, Mr. Rui Vitória, confirmed the team’s readiness for the match, accompanied at the press conference by player Mehdi Taremi.
Vitória confirmed that the team’s preparations for the match had gone well and that the players were in good condition ahead of the encounter.
Vitória said: “Welcome to Dubai and to Al Wasl Club. Our preparations for the match are good. We have prepared well for it, and the players are in a good condition.”
He added: “Everyone knows that the match is important and that it will certainly be difficult. We need to compete and rise to the challenge in matches like these. We know the problems that Al Ahli can cause us, and we are well prepared for them.”
He continued: “The international break was good and beneficial for us. We played three matches and won them all, and we gave the opportunity to a number of players who had not played with the team. The only negative thing was the absence of the UAE national team players, but we trained well and are ready for the match.”
He concluded his remarks by saying: “We must be at our highest level of concentration tomorrow throughout the 90 minutes. We are Al Wasl, and we have high-quality, experienced players. We will play well. We respect everyone, and we have a domestic competition in which we are performing well, and we focus on all competitions.”
For his part, Al Wasl striker Mehdi Taremi stressed the difficulty of the encounter against Al Ahli Saudi, emphasizing that the team has great ambitions in the AFC Champions League Elite and that its constant objective is to win.
Taremi said: “The match will be difficult, and our ambitions are high. We always aspire to win.”
He concluded his remarks by saying: “We will certainly play differently from the way we play in the league. Our ambitions in the AFC Champions League Elite are high, and we know our situation, and we are certainly striving to win.”