Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi spoke to the media ahead of their 2021-2022 season QNB Stars League Week 5 match against Al Khor.

“We have an important match coming up. We will have to work hard to earn points, especially since Al Khor are a good team with quality players. We have started the preparations after our last match. Most of them focused on the psychological aspect because the target is to complete recovery and ways to restore our morale after the heavy defeat we suffered against Al Duhail in the last round.

“We are working on the psychological aspect as well as working carefully on the physical aspect since we are playing pressure games. There is humidity, so players need to focus in this period on recovery more in order to be able to continue and do their best.

“I spoke with the players after the defeat in the last round against Al Duhail and told them that when you do not take advantage of the opportunities that are available to you, the punishment will certainly come quickly and harshly. I also said while facing the big teams, there is no room for mistakes because the rivals are good at exploiting mistakes.

“We need to continue to work hard. We need to finish the matches we play on a positive note. I asked the players to forget the match and to raise their heads and look forward. These are the things that happen in football and therefore we seek to correct that and address the mistakes we made.

“The Al Khor match is very important and we must focus on the next challenge. We aspire to be in the top positions of the points table. We are keen to rectify our mistakes and move forward,” said Trabelsi.

Al Sailiya player Mohammed Mudathir said, “We are confident we will be able to beat Al Khor and pick up the three points. Our match against Al Khor will be difficult because they are a stubborn team that is very good at defending.

“Our goal at this point of time is to win against Al Khor and achieve a positive result. We hope to do the best in the coming period. We can win this game and, since the first training after the loss against Al Duhail, our coach has been talking about the importance of winning the next match.”