Dragan Skocic said after the game  “I am completely satisfied with the result of the game for this competition because we had difficult weather conditions. Of course, we overcame these difficult conditions.”

Skocic added “We played with a team that was in its defensive third and it was difficult for us to play because the opponent was playing anti-football to some extent. We also rested some players so that the pressure of the matches would not be on them.”

Skocic continued: “The only thing I was not satisfied with was the goal we conceded. We should not concede such goals in future matches.”

“Since the Hong Kong team had not played for a long time, we had little information about their playing style,” he said. “However, we maintained our lead in this match, and everyone who watched the game knew which team had the upper hand.”

The head coach of Team Melli commented on the next match against Bahrain  “I think that our work on this field is hard and of course there is not enough opportunity to rebuild this field. There is nothing we can do about it, so we must focus on our own work.”

Skocic continued: “We go game by game and we have to focus on our work and be smart so that we can finish the tournament successfully. We do not want to confuse games. Each game has its own story. We are thinking about the game against Bahrain now and we do not want to think about other matches.”

“We have a good team. We believe in our own strength and know-how to overcome obstacles and solve problems one by one.”