Al Rayyan coach Artur Jorge expressed his sadness for the loss his team suffered against Al Ahli Saudi in the first leg of the AFC Champions League Elite round of 16, and said during the press conference held on the sidelines of this match: For us in this match, we tried our best to achieve a good result, and I think that the lack of experience is what did us in, as we conceded two goals within 4 minutes, and the second goal was from a mistake, and we had to come back, and I am happy with what the players presented and the fighting spirit with which they played the match, but I am sad for the result, we tried and we deserved a better result than that.
He added: This result gives Al Ahli an advantage by two goals in the second leg, and it is unfair to the performance that the players presented today, there were individual mistakes, but we are one team, and it is important for us to maintain the spirit of the group, we know that we have strong support behind us, and we know how difficult it is to recover from this result, and we must give our best, and Al Ahli is a very special team, and I see that Al Ahli fought until the last moment, but we will try our best in the second leg, and we must learn from these mistakes.