Al Wakrah coach Marquez Lopez spoke to the media ahead of their 2021-2022 season QNB Stars League Week 20 match against Umm Salal.

“We had only one day to train and prepare for the match. We have an important match against a strong competitor and we need to make every possible effort to overcome this obstacle and continue the series of positive results in the league championship.

“We worked hard (third place in the table) to reach this position and now there is no time for complacency. I have no fears. I am confident in my players and I know the importance of the last three games.

“The advice (to my players now) is that it is possible to create history for Al Wakrah by playing in the AFC Champions League,” said Marquez.

Al Wakrah player Lucas Mendes said, “It will be a difficult match. I think Umm Salal are still playing for a goal and so are we. So it will be a difficult match for us and we will try to get the three points and keep the third place.

“We will face a good team and in the first leg we lost by four goals to one, so we must be careful because we know that they can do something in the match. But I trust our team and I think we can play a good match and collect the three points.”