Skip to main content
Al Sailiya Head Coach Sami Trabelsi
“We tried to work on the understanding between players. It's important because we have new players coming in. We had three players joining the team last week. This game is very important for us. Our opponent is very strong. We will try to provide a better performance than before and we will try to get a positive result.”

“After the win the team will be better and more confident. We have lot of good players. We also have three new players. They have good quality. Of course they need more time to improve and to know how we play and gel with other players.”

“For this game, the pressure is on Lekhwiya. Nobody asks us why we lost a game but they will question Lekhwiya for sure. We will not put pressure on the players for this game. We will try to play well and do our best and we will play for a win.”

“A bad start for the club doesn't mean the coach is bad. We have to accept that some teams are stronger than the others. But I am also left wondering how the schedule is done since new teams coming from second division are playing against strong teams right at the start of the league. This is not good for the smaller teams. They don't have the players and this tough schedule isn't helping them either. I think the clubs that are at an equal level should play at the start. For e.g. You haven't seen Sadd and Rayyan playing each other yet.”-
 
 
Lekhwiya Head Coach Djamel Belmadi
“We prepared well in the last match and we got a very good result. We haven't had a lot of time to prepare this week. We are satisfied with our performance in the last game. We have to use that momentum in this game too.”
 
“We said in the previous press conference that we always had trouble when playing against Kharaitiyat. It's always difficult to play against them. So we really prepared for this game. The players responded to my tactics. We are working hard every day. We know that we have a lot of talent in this team. When you have talented players, the problem sometimes could be that you expect so much from this talent that you forget to work hard as a team. Not just with Lekhwiya but it happens to other teams also. I cannot expect more from the players because they are working hard and this is the best way to achieve our target. We have a lot of competitions to play in and the players want to win trophies. We want to continue playing like this going forward.”
 
“It's interesting to have more than one team competing for the first place. It gives more importance to the competition. Also it's good for the national team. I know you are speaking about Rayyan and Arabi because they won three games. But I think it's too early to speak about which team will win the title. We have to wait until later in the season to see how things pan out.”

“Scoring a great goal like Msakni did in the last match comes easy to great players like him. Or let me put it this way, great players make great goals look easy. These goals are not planned. They act purely on instinct and that's what makes them great.”

Main Sponsor

  • Qatar Stars League

Official Sponsors

  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League

Business Partners

  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League
  • Qatar Stars League