
Blanc: We are now better than Al-Hilal, and the most important thing for me is to develop the team
Laurent Blanc, the coach of Al-Ittihad, spoke about the victory his team achieved over Al-Shabab in the Roshan League.
Al-Ittihad won against Al-Shabab with a score of 3-2 in a match held on Tuesday evening in the 33rd round of the Saudi Roshan League.
Blanc said in the press conference after the match: "I feel great with the team, and when the fans are happy with the players' performance, I am happy too."
He added: "I don't care about the whistles or applause, I care about winning and triumphing. When I mentioned at the beginning that Al-Hilal is better than us, the fans were angry, but now we are better, and the most important thing for me is to develop the team."
He continued: "I told the players before the match: if you want to prepare well for the King’s Cup final, we must win the remaining two matches; the opposite is true, if we play relaxed in these two matches, we will lose the final."
Al-Ittihad will face Al-Qadisiyah in the King’s Cup final on May 30.
Al-Ittihad won against Al-Shabab with a score of 3-2 in a match held on Tuesday evening in the 33rd round of the Saudi Roshan League.
Blanc said in the press conference after the match: "I feel great with the team, and when the fans are happy with the players' performance, I am happy too."
He added: "I don't care about the whistles or applause, I care about winning and triumphing. When I mentioned at the beginning that Al-Hilal is better than us, the fans were angry, but now we are better, and the most important thing for me is to develop the team."
He continued: "I told the players before the match: if you want to prepare well for the King’s Cup final, we must win the remaining two matches; the opposite is true, if we play relaxed in these two matches, we will lose the final."
Al-Ittihad will face Al-Qadisiyah in the King’s Cup final on May 30.