Wrote:
Hadi Al-Madani
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Saturday 11 January 2020
05:23 PM
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Al-Ahly coach Rene Fyler stated that they did not deserve to win against Zimbabwe’s Platinum, describing the result as “fair” and considered the first-half performance “bad”.
“In the first quarter of an hour we were not in good shape, but in the first quarter of the second half of the second half we were better and we were able to equalize,” Fyler said at the post-match press conference.
Platinum advanced against Al-Ahly in the fourth round match of the group stage of the African Champions League, before the Egyptian team tied in the second half.
The Swiss coach continued: “Unhappy with the result or the performance, we came here to win, but unfortunately we tied, and I think the result is fair for the two teams.”
Responding to the fact that the injury of Walid Suleiman before the start of the match, then Aliu Diang affected the performance of the team, he said: “What happened is not an advantage, but I am not looking for justifications, we have made a bad first step and we have to admit it to be better in the next. . “
He also explained that playing outside the ground differs from the Cairo match, which prevented Al-Ahly from repeating the victory he achieved in the third round: “All the conditions here are different from playing in Egypt, but in the end we tied and we did not deserve to win because of the performance in the first half.”
Feiler concluded his statements that it is difficult to predict that the next round will be resolved, when Al-Ahly meets with the coastal star and Platinum with the Sudanese Crescent, the two teams who will rise to the next round of the African Champions League in his group, saying that his goal is to meet the next round against the coastal star in Egypt to achieve the win.
Al-Ahly is temporarily at the top of the group, but all opportunities remain regarding qualification or exit, as Al-Hilal Al-Sudan and the Tunisian coastal star will play the fourth round match on Saturday evening, each with 6 points.
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