During the pre-match press conference held at Al Duhail Sports Club, French head coach Christophe Galtier, the manager of the first football team at Al Duhail Club, expressed his appreciation for Al Arabi team, who will be our opponent in the upcoming round of the Ooredoo Stars League scheduled for the coming Saturday at Al Thumama Stadium.

Galtier opened his statements by saying: The preparations were short before facing Al Arabi due to the international break and the commitments of the national team and the Olympic team, but in the end, the international players returned and we started our preparations with full seriousness for the upcoming match.

Galtier continued: We know Al Arabi team well and we understand the strength of their attacking line as well as their strengths and weaknesses, which we focused on during our training. The international players were not with us during the preparations, but of course the opportunity was available for non-international players to participate in the QSL Cup, which helped us to assess everyone’s readiness, and we will work hard with the return of the internationals to maintain the team solidity and exploit the opportunities available versus Al Arabi team to decide the outcome of the match in favor of our team.

Then he added: Our preparations during the international break were according to the available players with experience in the absence of the internationals in addition to some young players from the Aspire Academy and we worked hard to prepare everyone at the technical and physical level and I am fully satisfied with the joining of the international players at this time to create cohesion between the players in the remaining time before facing Al Arabi.

Galtier concluded: I know very well that Al Arabi is a popular team and they have players capable of making a difference at any time, we must take the match very seriously and work to distance ourselves on the top of the league standing table and move forward on our way to win the title.