Baghdad – IA – Ihsan Al-Marsoumi
Al-Naft team coach, Khaled Yahya, confirmed that his team deserved to win in its last match against Zakho in the quarter-finals of the Premier Basketball League, despite the difficulty of the confrontation, indicating that the competitor was seeking to achieve victory and return the result of the match to square one.
Yahya told the (INA): “The team’s technical management is determined to snatch the Premier League title and add the eighth title and the championship shield to the club’s coffers,” noting that “its next match in the semi-finals of the tournament will be exciting and will bring together the winner of the Al-Karkh and Al-Hashd match.” .
Yahya added, “Our goal is to reach the final round of the competition and break the record for the number of wins in the tournament,” explaining that “his players enjoy high morale, especially after the professional Souza joined the team before the semi-final match of the competition.”
He continued, “Facing one of the second group teams in the tournament final will not be easy with the presence of the air defense, police, and Tigris University teams.”