Koeman: I am happy with my team’s performance

Oman coach Erwin Koeman is delighted with his team’s performance against Bahrain in the first match for the two teams at the 24th Gulf Championship in Doha.

“In overall, I am happy with the players’ performance in the game,” he said in the conference after the match. “We had a lot of chances but we could not use them to end the draw.”

As to the confusion of the Omani defense in front of the Bahrain attacks, Koeman said: “Bahrain has players with good physical structure and they are tall, so they excel in crosses, but nonetheless we took possession of the ball most of the time during the game. We missed many opportunities and provided a good performance against a team showing high levels in the recent period.”

With regard to sending Yassin Chiyadi to the field as substitute during the added time, Koeman said: “Yassin Chiyadi entered as a substitute because Munzir looked very exhausted. If we cannot win, we must maintain the result of the draw and avoid losing.”

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