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Café had a nice slice of luck admits Chaaya - The Official Home of Asian Football |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 04:56 |
 The Official Home of Asian Football“It was not a futsal game, it was a fighting game. After three games in three days it was very hard for us but it was an advantage for them as they had had ...Solomon StarThe Official Home of Asian Football
Pro's Cafe coach Rabih Abou Chaaya felt luck finally shined on his side as they kept alive their hopes of place in the semi-finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championship with a 4-3 win over Wuhan Dilong at Pirouzi Stadium on Saturday.
The Lebanese side battled back from two-goals down before Khaled Takaji's late strike secured their first win from three games and ensures they still have all to play for ahead of their final Group B match against NSW Thunder on Tuesday.It was a critical game for us, said player-coach Chaaya, pictured second left.
We had to win and we gave our best.We had no other result to aim for except just to win and because of the big heart displayed by my team we played well today.
It was not a futsal game, it was a fighting game.
After three games in three days it was very hard for us but it was an advantage for them as they had had more rest than us.
Futsal is becoming a more physical game and at the end I think we had a bit of luck and everything changed for us.With NSW (New South Wales) Thunder without a win from their two games so far, a defeat to Port Authority of Thailand on Monday could leave them with nothing to play for when they meet Pro's Cafe.Chaaya, however, is refusing to consider the permutations that could help his side, insisting they will settle for nothing less than three points.Our aim for the next game against the Australians is to win, he added.For now we will look to get fit and be physically ready.Wuhan team manager Sun Junmin had no qualms with the result but admitted the suspension of player-coach Li Xin had a negative affect on the Chinese players' performance.We can accept the final score, he said.
As we all know the head coach of our team was suspended and without his instructions we did not play as well.But to be honest they played better than us, all of our players were too anxious to win this game and that is why we lost.
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