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Hecksberger: The match against Dubai will be harder than the home tie

 

Al Wahda Austrian coach Josef Hecksberger confirmed the importance of his team's sixth round match of the current Etisalat Cup against their counterparts to be played at Dubai Stadium in Al Aweer on Friday, November 18 at 4:45 pm. He said in a press statement ahead of the match between the two teams, that the game will be more difficult than the home encounter on the grounds that Dubai will play at home and in front of their fans, in addition to the fact that they have good players and they are developing as a team.

Hecksberger said, "The participation of Al Wahda International players is almost impossible because they arrived from Kuwait before less than two days after participating with the UAE National Team., and they need a special training program to get them out of the psychological condition which they are suffering of following the team's contention from the 2014 World Cup qualifying in Brazil".

He also said, "Brazilian Magrao will not participate in the game because he dislocated his tooth, and his substitute will be Khalid Jalal. But it is possible to field in Saeed Al Kathery on the grounds that he played in the National Team’s match for only a few minutes, and we are happy to have back both Haidar Alo Ali and Bayno especially during the previous meeting with Dubai."

It is worth mentioning that the fifth round match between the two teams had ended with a 3 / 2 result for Al Wahda.