Al Ahli coach Milan Macala spoke to the media ahead of their QNB Stars League Week 4 match against Al Gharafa.

“We’re still at the beginning of the league and are working to equip the team well in every game. We’ve a very tough game this week against Al Gharafa, who played a very strong match against Al Sadd in the previous round.

“We’ll miss some players in this game too. We were adversely affected by the absence of Khalil Sharif and Mohammed Reza in the last match that we lost 1-4 to Umm Salal. They will return against Al Gharafa.

“We’re trying hard to correct our mistakes. The QNB Stars League is only three games old and it’s still early to assess. We play every game with different combinations as we haven’t got the services of all players together, due to injuries and suspensions.

“Against Umm Salal, we played the first 15 minutes well, but the problem was the mistakes made by the defence. If you go 0-2 down after 30 minutes due to your own mistakes, you can’t do much in a game.

“In my opinion, the goalkeepers of Al Ahli and Al Gharafa are outstanding. They have future. They are young and will develop well. In attack, we’ve a good striker in Ali Faridoon, but he needs time to show his best,” said Macala.