Al Rayyan coach Artur Jorge expressed his deep sadness for the loss to Esteghlal of Iran in the final matches of the group stage of the AFC Champions League, and said during the press conference after the match: I am not satisfied with what happened in the meeting, and this may be due to qualifying for the next round, we did not do much to win this match,
He added: The opponent in the next stage will be very strong, but the match will be a knockout, and we will be ready for this match, but in general we are happy to qualify, which was one of the goals of Al Rayyan club, and returning to the match, we were affected by the pressure of the opposing team, because it was coming with a bigger goal to qualify, and we did not take advantage of the opportunities in the first half, and there was some roughness in the game.