The statement comes a few hours after Merrikh secured their first point of the competition after forcing Tanzania’s Simba to a 0-0 draw at Al-Hilal Stadium in Khartoum.
Merrikh have had a bad start to their campaign as they lost the first match 3-0 against African champions Al Ahly in Cairo and then suffered a 4-1 defeat against AS Vita Club of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Against Simba, they managed their first point after containing the Msimbazi giants, who started the game well aiming at getting an early goal, and in the 7th minute, they managed to get an opportunity when the Sudanese outfit conceded a free-kick in a promising position but midfielder Clatous Chama failed to capitalise on it.
“To be honest, we did not develop our usual way of playing, we were a little bit not disappointing but we missed the energy, we missed dynamic passes, we played on a slow tempo so sometimes it happens but don’t forget that we were playing away,” Gomez told reporters as reported by
“For sure we are ambitious we came here to try to win but like I said before the game, the last result between Al Merrikh and AS Vita Club didn’t reflect the match, okay I even told Merrikh coach about that.
“Merrikh could have won the match against AS Vita, so needed to prepare well for the match, very seriously and we cannot underrate them [Merrikh], and for sure I was right because we have some problems to find offensive solution, to find depth and I think we could do better but you know we have seven points today [Saturday] and it is a good result for us.”