{"id":12147,"date":"2011-05-10T05:05:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/05\/10\/shabab-supremo-sure-of-saudis-success\/"},"modified":"2011-05-10T05:05:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:05:03","slug":"shabab-supremo-sure-of-saudis-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/05\/10\/shabab-supremo-sure-of-saudis-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Shabab supremo sure of Saudis\u2019 success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/images.the-afc.com\/afc\/coaches\/t\/300x200\/enzo_trossero_3x2.jpg\" \/>AFC &#8211; ESFAHAN, <strong>Al Shabab boss Enzo Trossero believes his side have the necessary  resilience to claim the point they need to reach the last 16 of the 2011  AFC Champions League when they visit Zob Ahan on Tuesday. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Iranians have already sealed top spot in Group D thanks to  last week\u2019s 1-0 at Emirates thanks to Mohammad Ghazi\u2019s goal 10 minutes  from time.<\/p>\n<p>Al Shabab, meanwhile, overcame Al Rayyan at Prince  Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium through Nassir Al Shamrani\u2019s second-half goal to  move two points clear of Emirates ahead of the final round of games. <\/p>\n<p>It means the Saudis need just a point at Foolad Shahr given they hold the edge over the UAE side on head-to-head records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s  not the first time I\u2019ve come up against an Iranian team and I hope we  put in a strong performance to reach the next round,\u201d said Trossero.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve  had a lot of injury problems but we are still among the best teams in  the Saudi League and have had good results in the AFC Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow we want to play a good game and we need to score if we want to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth  teams are strong, we also have selection problems but this is the same  for both teams and we want to get to the next round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the Argentinian expects a closely-fought contest against a side that held them to a goalless draw in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaudi and Iranian teams are of a similar level, ultimately the difference usually comes down to one incident,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZob Ahan have good strikers and we need to watch them closely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zob  Ahan will be without the suspended trio of Ghazi Najafabadi, Ahmadi  Mohammadali and Mohammad Reza Khalatbari for the clash in Esfahan.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, and the fact they have nothing to play for, boss Mansour Ebrahimzadeh insisted his side will be fully committed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because we are in the next stage, it does not mean that we do not care about tomorrow\u2019s game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe  must respect fair play as other teams depend on the result. We have  some players suspended but otherwise the players are in ideal condition.  I will pick my strongest team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; ESFAHAN, Al Shabab boss Enzo Trossero believes his side have the necessary resilience&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22614,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions"],"views":2511,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}