Today, the coaches of Al Rayyan and Al Sailiya stressed the difficulty of the match that will bring together their two teams tomorrow / Friday / at Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium in the framework of the nineteenth round of the Qatari Football League (QNB Stars League), and stressed the importance of winning it and reaping the three points.
In the pre-match press conference, Al Rayyan coach Nicholas Cordova said: "Undoubtedly, the Al-Sailiya match is very important, especially at this stage in which the team is developing. In January, we got one point, and now we are ahead of Al-Sailiya in the ranking table, and if we win, the difference will be 10 points between us and them, so it will be an important and strong match.".
added: "As for the new coach of Al-Sailiya, I know him since I was the coach of the U-23 team.. We hope it will be a good match, and we will achieve a positive result that will allow the team to get out of dangerous areas".
Córdova, who previously coached the Qatar Olympic team, said:" The victory will give us a chance to get out of the last third of the standings, not by a big difference, but by one point, and this is a very important thing for us. We will face Al-Sailiya after our preparation during the last stoppage of the league, and Al-Sailiya succeeded in beating Al-Duhail in the Emir Cup, and I think that it will not be An easy competitor, so the team’s preparations focused on discipline, and there was a great focus in training".
At the end of his statements, Al-Rayyan coach revealed that the team misses the efforts of goalkeeper Fahd Younes, who continues to be absent, along with players Abdullah Al-Ali and Nayef Al-Hadrami. For his part, Jassim Saleh, assistant coach of Al Sailiya team, said that the remaining matches awaiting his team are of great importance, indicating that everyone seeks to redouble their efforts in order to achieve a positive result.
added: " We have turned the page on the recent victory over Al-Duhail in the Emir Cup, and all our focus is on preparing for the Al-Rayyan match so that we can come out with a positive result and a better way than we showed in previous matches.".
He continued: "Certainly, we seek to take advantage of the recent victory over Al-Duhail on the moral level, although the task is difficult, but at the same time it is not impossible in light of the state of solidarity experienced by everyone in the team, whether at the level of the technical staff led by Captain Mirghani Al-Zein, the club management and the players who accepted the idea of change and had a positive impact in everyone’s heart". Al Rayyan ranks tenth in the standings with 16 points, while Al Sailiya ranks last with 9 points, 4 points behind Umm Salal, who ranks eleventh.
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