Team defender Youssef Ayman expressed his confidence in his colleagues’ determination to achieve a positive result versus Al Arabi, saying in the pre-match press conference: “An important match awaits us against a strong team, and this tournament is the most important for us and the most precious, and this time we are participating in it while not succeeded in winning any title, so it has become our gateway to Asian participation.”

Ayman said: “We did not appear as we had hoped this season and we will enter the confrontation in order to win and qualify for the next round, and we know that the task won’t be easy, but we have been in a continuous preparation state during the recent period in order to correct all the mistakes that have appeared recently in the previous matches.”

Regarding the shaking of the defense line, the player said: “The defense line bears part and a great responsibility for the goals that the team has conceded in the matches this season, but the situation has improved recently, and God willing, it will improve further in the upcoming matches.