Baghdad-WAA
Today, Sunday, the coach of the Saudi Al-Nasr team, Portuguese Luis Castro, expressed his concern about facing Al-Shorta tomorrow, Monday, at the International City Stadium in Baghdad, in the AFC Champions League for the elite.
Castro said in the press conference for the match, which was attended by the correspondent of the (INA): “I am happy to visit Iraq and Baghdad is a beautiful city,” indicating that “our goal is to win against the police, although our team is missing some players, but we will enter the match with passion and great love for football.”
He added, “We will be satisfied with training in the hotel’s gyms due to the fatigue of travel and the pressure of matches,” explaining, “I have been working as a coach for (28) years and the real thing that worries me is that I do not give my all. The best thing that happened in my coaching career was my work and I am not worried about being dismissed. I am only worried about tomorrow’s match.”
He explained that “Al-Nasr team shot (30) balls at the opponent’s goal in its first match in the Saudi Roshen League, but we did not score a goal,” stressing that “his team will play tomorrow without Cristiano Ronaldo and without Laporte, but our thinking will remain on winning the match.”
For his part, Al-Nassr striker Sadio Mane said, “I am very happy to visit Iraq, this historical country that loves football. Iraq is a great country and we found a great welcome from its officials.” He stressed that “we are determined to win and we will present it as a gift to Cristiano who is absent due to illness. We wish him a speedy recovery because he is a great leader and we wished he was here.”