Nepal coach Abdullah Almutairi is good at story telling in the press meets. He tries to articulate the things with logic.

Same thing he did on Sunday in Male City when pre-match conference was held ahead of Nepal versus Sri Lanka.

He said Nepal must win tomorrow match against Sri Lanka after beating defending champions Maldives in their first match.

"Sri Lanka is a difficult game. We will get lots of problem. You know that, they love tackles. They are aggressive. Against Bangladesh, they made 67 tackles. 23 fouls. They even made tackle in head level. But we will take care of it. We will wait for their tackles tomorrow.

"If we don't win tomorrow, why did we win the first match. The most important thing is to get three points. I will be very happy if we win the match by low margin", said coach AA.

He also added that Sri Lanka had nothing to loose and they will play aggressive game against Nepal.

"They have nothing to loose. You will see, they will play an aggressive game tomorrow. But we are ready. If we score goals early, I will ask my team for defending. I will not open up tomorrow. It is like the final match", he added.

Coach AA also shed the lights on FIFA ranking of Sri Lanka.

"They are ranked below but let me tell you, FIFA ranking is a lie(taking an example of Pakistan improving their ranking from 204 to 198 despite not playing the game). Many fans are saying that we should win 5-0 or 6-0. But for me I will be happy if we win 1-0. I only need three points", said the coach, who follows Liverpool in the English premier league.

Nepal will play against Sri Lanka at 9:45 PM on Monday.

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