Muaither coach Jorde da Silva spoke to the media ahead of their 2023-2024 season Expo Stars League Week 9 match against Al Rayyan.

“I am happy to be in the State of Qatar, with Muaither club, and in a new league. This represents a great challenge for me and I will do the impossible to achieve all the team’s ambitions. I feel from the moment I arrived in Qatar that I am with my family and this motivates me to work very hard.

“The Al Rayyan match is difficult as it is a big team and has distinguished players, but I have confidence in the players of the Muaither team, and the atmosphere is positive in the club, and we will make every effort to reach the required readiness to enter the match strongly to achieve the three points, which will mark the launch of the Muaither club again in the championship.

“I watched Al Rayyan’s matches in which they won and in which they lost, and I also watched all of Muaither’s matches, and I learned about the capabilities of Muaither’s players. There are some mistakes that make the team lose at the end of the match, and we will work to correct these mistakes, and we will also focus on the fitness factor. The physical fitness of the players through various daily exercises is our current mission.

“We have to change the mentality of the players from losing to achieving victory, and on Saturday we will have our first match and we will make every effort to achieve victory in it, and I am confident in my team’s players and they have the capabilities that will enable them to achieve victory and snatch the three points,” said Da Silva.

Al Rayyan player Jamal Hamad said, “I have confidence in the abilities of my fellow players and we will make every effort to achieve victory. The match is not easy and we as players have not got to know the new coach well, but we are intensifying our daily training to reach the required readiness and degree of harmony and we will give everything we have to achieve victory.

“We must adhere to the instructions of the technical staff, focus on the field, work collectively and exploit all possible opportunities. As players, we feel the coach’s confidence in us and we have full confidence to do everything we have to snatch the three points.”