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Vercauteren: Bani Yas have players of high standardd, we need to press hard

The Belgian Franky Vercauteren, Technical Director of Al Jazira  Football Team assured the importance of his team's match against Bani Yas due to kick off tomorrow Friday at 8.00pm at Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi in the third round of the Etisalat Pro-League 2011/2012. He said in a pre press conference held at Al Jazira Club, "I followed many games for Bani Yas, and they have good players, who demonstrated a good performance against Al Wasl, in addition to attackers of high technical standard". Vercauteren added as saying, "Trezeguet of France was one of the best strikers in Europe for 10 years, so we should not allow him to get the ball, and press hard but this is the task of the defense and midfielders of Al Jazira".

He confirmed that Abdul Rahim Juma'a will be absent for almost one week due to a knee injury and will miss the match along with goalkeeper Ali Khusaif, who is still in London for medical  treatment.

Speaking about the Brazilian striker Bary, Vercauteren said: "Bary is a good and important player. He displayed a good performance as a substitute in the past games, but what we need him to give the same reaction when he plays in the starting lineup."