Al Duhail Head Coach expressed his great happiness with the victory achieved over Al Rayyan tonight and stated after the match:
It is truly a great result. Al Rayyan Club is among the contenders for one of the top three places in the league, and we have proven our ability to achieve a positive result after achieving a distinctive victory in the first match. We knew that this match would be more difficult, especially versus an opponent with high quality and many distinguished players. They were very well organized, and they put in a strong performance and were pressed to regain the ball.

Galtier added: We opened the scoring in a very logical way, but I think we suffered a bit at the end of the first half. In the second half, we managed to score the second goal quickly, which opened the match completely, and we took advantage of some mistakes made by the opponent, while maintaining our good style of play. Therefore, we now have two wins from two matches.

“After five days, we will play our third match before the international break. It is important that we prepare well for this match. Umm Salal is a strong team, and they caused a lot of difficulties for Al Rayyan, and they won tonight. So it will be important to recover well, but the most important thing is to prepare for the next match with the same seriousness with which we prepared for this match, in order to continue our winning streak.

He concluded: “I am very satisfied with the team morale, including the substitute players. Scoring four goals in the absence of Michael, who scored a hat-trick in the first match, is a strong message to everyone. We must continue to work while maintaining our focus, and we must always be humble, but at the same time we must aspire to achieve more victories.