Portuguese Rui Vitória, head coach of Al Wasl’s first football team, confirmed his team’s readiness for their match against Ajman in Round 22 of the ADNOC Pro League, which will be played at Rashid bin Saeed Stadium next Saturday, April 11.

Vitória said: "Of course, it will be a difficult match because it is against a good team that works very well. They have very good cohesion between the players and good ideas as well."

He added: "We know that we will play an important and difficult match, but as we did in the last match against Sharjah, for us this is a big challenge, a challenge to prove that we have better quality than what the result showed."

He concluded his statements by emphasizing the team’s desire to appear in a good way and achieve victory to get the three points, saying: "We are ready to compete, and we want to play another match to show our values and quality, and to prove that we have a good team and good players. The main challenge for us is to be ourselves and to play as we do in training, and of course we want to win."

For his part, midfielder Nicolas Gimenez stressed the importance of the upcoming match against Ajman, noting that getting the three points is the team’s main goal. Gimenez said: "We know how important this match is. We lost the last match, so preparation is very important for this match. We need to regain our confidence, and we must show our character because we have responsibility on the field."

He added: "We need to regain our confidence, and we must show our character because we have responsibility on the field."

He concluded: "We need to get the three important points to regain our confidence. We need to start playing our football again, and our morale must be at a high level. It is very important for us to get the points against Ajman."