Souza: We started badly and we have to forget about today’s win

After the end of the press conference of the UAE coach, which followed the Bahrain-UAE match in the first two matches of the second day of the Arabian Gulf Cup, which was held at Al-Mina International Stadium and ended with the victory of the Bahraini team, 2/1, a press conference was held for coach Helio Souza, who said: “A difficult match during the first quarter of an hour, but after that we gained confidence, and we were the best in my opinion.” We created chances, and in the second half, we created chances and scored. We were the best and deserved to win. I am proud of my players, and whatever the results, as I said earlier, I trust them and am proud of them.

The best player in the match, Camille Al-Aswad, said: “We didn’t start well, but we came back and achieved what was required, which is the three points.”

On the importance of winning for the first time in the history of the Gulf Cup for the UAE team, Souza commented: “It is a good thing that we achieved victory.” Every victory helps, and in such tournaments everyone has chances. Winning is important, but we have to overcome it and work for the next.

And when asked about the mistakes of today’s match in the first period, I said, “The match did not start as we had hoped.” The Emirates are a strong team. The two teams tried to take possession. We beat the Emirates twice, and that is good. We showed our character in the second half, and it is not possible to take possession all the time. The important thing is that we did not concede goals in the first quarter of an hour. First, we created chances to score, but to appear better, we have to deal with mistakes in possession.

And about the next match: the next match between Kuwait and Qatar, we need to watch it; the two teams have good elements, and we have to work on ourselves to appear as required.