Al Rayyan’s Uruguayan head coach spoke of his respect for Al Khor ahead of his sides round 18 clash with the team from the north.

Speaking at his sides pre match press conference on Thursday morning Fossati said; “This match will be a tough test. Al Khor are a strong defensive side, we will go into the match the same as always taking it one game at a time.”

Fossati was also full of praise for his opponents who he faces on Friday evening; “Al Khor are a dangerous counter attacking side. You only have to see how they have been in the last two matches against Jaish and Al Wakrah. We will look to give a balanced account of ourselves when we play Al Khor.”

Fossati also gave the press an update on the injuries his side has ahead of the Khor match; “ Sergio Garcia was injured in the last match, he felt some pain yesterday and we have decided not to play him, and we have made personel changes.”

The Urguyan tactitian concluded his conference by giving an update on new winter signing Fabio Cesar. “Right now Fabio is still undergoing physiotherapy and is gradually getting better, we will not rush to get him into the squad until he is 100% fit and ready for us.”


 
Al Khor head coach Jean Fernandez showered his opponents with praise in his pre-match press conference on Thursday morning.

“Al Rayyan is rightly at the top of the league, I believe they have the best coach and the best player in Qatar with Rodrigo Tabata. It will be a real challenge to get a result.”

Fernandez also noted; “We have had a series of good games recently and go into a match against Al Rayyan in good form. In the first half of the season we played well against Al Rayyan despite losing, we will hopefully change this when we play them on Friday.”

Fernandez concluded his press conference by calling for focus particular from the defensive side of his team. “This match will be a huge test for our defense, Al Rayyan have a number of players who are capable of scoring. We will have to be at our best if we are to get a result.”