Sousa, who brought all his assistants to the post-match press conference, praised his players but said Bahrain can't be satisfied just yet.
“This is a great achievement and it is due to the hard work of the players,” said Sousa. “They had great belief and fought very hard in each match.
“We achieved two titles in 2019 (Bahrain won the WAFF Championship in August) and this is something good for Bahraini football,” he added. “However we still have a lot of work ahead as we have the Asian Qualifiers next March and we must keep winning.”
Sousa paid tribute to the big number of Bahraini fans who attended the match.
“I want to thank the fans who created a great atmosphere,” he said. “They were the 12th player for us as they made the difference tonight compared to the previous match against Saudi Arabia in the group stage (which Bahrain lost 2-0).”
Saudi Arabia head coach Herve Renard praised the performance of Bahrain, who he said deserved to win the title.
“I want to congratulate Bahrain for their title victory,” said Renard. “They dealt with us very well defensively and also showed great effort as a group."
“We had many scoring chances, especially in the first half where we also missed a penalty. We tried our best to come back but we failed.
“We were missing some key players through injuries and this affected us,” he said. “We should now forget this match as the tournament is over for us and we must concentrate on the Asian Qualifiers.”
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