QNB Stars League: Al Sailiya, Al Markhiya Coaches Seek Victory on Sunday

Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi stressed the difficulty and importance of the Al Markhiya match on Sunday in the postponed Week 10 of the QNB Stars League.

Speaking to the media ahead of their 2022-2023 season QNB Stars League postponed match from Week 10 against Al Markhiya, Trabelsi said, “All matches are of utmost importance to us, given the team’s current position in the table and certainly a difficult game awaits us against a team that appeared well in the league and has very respectable capabilities, especially since they are one of the teams that play football in an organized manner and have a great offensive tendency.

As for us, we are the best at the psychological level and I hope that we will appear as we did in our last match against Al Rayyan in the Amir Cup, and be free at the psychological level in order to achieve a positive result.

“Every match has its own calculations and certainly the league matches are different from cup matches, but we hope that the recent victory over Al Rayyan will be a strong motivation for us and that we will use it positively and be in full discipline and focus on the field, especially since facing Al Markhiya is very difficult.

“Al Sailiya’s performance has improved of late, but we seek to translate that into a result, and I say to the players to keep believing in their abilities to get the team out of this bad situation. The journey is still long and our task is very difficult, but not impossible, and we have shown on many occasions that we are not a team that gives up easily,” said Trabelsi.

Al Markhiya coach Abdullah Mubarak said, “The preparations are going on well and started since the Al Wakrah match in the last round. The technical staff had told the players that the match against Al Sadd in the Round of 16 of Amir Cup would be part of the preparations for the next matches in the league, starting with the Al Sailiya match.

“Al Markhiya will play the match seriously, just as it is so crucial for Al Sailiya and therefore the focus will be largely on this match.

“Al Sailiya are a good team and have a distinguished coach with great experience, but Al Markhiya will be at the top of our physical, technical, tactical and mental readiness to get match points.

“The advantage in the match is in our favour, as we play it without pressure. We will play comfortably and the most important thing is to be on top of our focus,” said Abdullah Mubarak.

Source: Qatar News Agency