Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi spoke to the media ahead of their QNB Stars League Week 1 match against Umm Salal.

“We have concluded our preparations in a better way ahead of the start of new season even though the preparatory period was short. I hope we will have a better campaign this time than we had last season, where we could have finished in a better position than sixth.

“We have to be very strong and must show more character in order to achieve more and more positive results. We must also play with strong determination in all matches to collect points. Our target is again the top four.

“We have two good strikers in Rachid Tiberkanine (who played for Al Kharaitiyat last season) and Abdelqadir ilyas, who last played for Al Markhiya. Rachid is an opportunistic striker who can win matches on his own. Abdelqadir has also proved his mettle. We are counting on them to deliver the goods mainly.

“We have many better solutions this season. We are facing a tough start, against Umm Salal who are strong in all departments of the game. They have retained most of their players. We will analyse our game after the first four matches when we will have a break,” said Trabelsi.