Khaled Aziz: Tunisia is our first concern - Interview

Here’s a translated version of the interview of Khaled Aziz with Arriyadiyyah

As a midfielder and expert at keeping an eye on the strength of the opponent…are you ready to stop a big player like Shevchenko , the power for the Ukraines?

I think I will not be responsible for that role..Shevchenko is striker as we watched in the video Paqueta showed us…I think he will be watched by Reda Tukar…if I or Reda Tukar kept watch of him, we both are capable of stopping him and any player that is a threat to our goal.

This is your first time playing in the World Cup…how are you going to overcome the first time feeling?

It’s a great honor to player in the World Cup and the player has to prove himself no matter what happens…yes there are top teams with their stars but with God’s will we will perform well and perform well.

Are you are getting worried with the World Cup nearing?

Not at all…Its an honor to play in the World Cup..Any player that enters a game with fear will not be able to do anything and we don’t hope such a thing.

You have the important mission to clear the image of 2002, don’t that add to your worries?

This is an important point..we have a good team, and also have good tactics..even in World Cup qualifying games we performed really well..I didn’t see the national team perform to this level ever…this is a good thing..no one can say that we went to the World Cup without performance…we hopefully will do well in the World Cup and go to the second round.

You are a defending mid-fielder…can you say that the Saudi defense is very weak?

Not at all. ..this statement is unfair..we have the best defender in the Saudi league, Hamad Al Montashir and Reda Tukar and they do their part fully and we assist them.

How come there is still some problem with crosses to our penalty area?

Why do we play friendly games? So we can know our mistakes..the good is the mistakes show up during the friendly games and not the official World Cup games.

Tunisia is going to miss four important players ..is that situation an advantage to you?

We are ready for Tunisian with or without those players. We are both thinking of winning. This is the important three points and if we lose to Tunisia how do you expect us to face Ukraine.

Do you think you will face problem with Tunisia?

There is not a team that is weak in the World Cup..everyone has a chance to win.

What’s the biggest thing that concerns you now?

Winning the first three points..this is what we are focused at now..Spain is strong team, but important is the first game.