Al Ahli coach Khaled Taj spoke to the media ahead of their 2023-2024 season Expo Stars League Week 22 match against Al Wakrah.

“I have worked to develop the players’ abilities and rectify technical errors that led to our loss to Al Rayyan in the last round after we played for more than 75 minutes with a distinguished technical level in the match and lost due to some mistakes.

“The match against Al Wakrah is of great importance to Al Ahli and I am certain that the team will perform at the level expected of it and will not give up points and will work to achieve victory in the match given its importance to Al Ahli’s position in the current season.

“I have full respect for Al Wakrah, who have distinguished players, but on the other hand, I trust in the ability of our players to achieve victory in the match and come up with a result that satisfies the team’s ambitions, especially because of the fact we suffered much from the absence of influential players due to injuries, suspensions,” said Khaled Taj.

Al Ahli player Al Dokali Al Sayed said, “We must score victory over Al Wakrah to avoid complex calculations at the end of the league.

“We showed a good performance against Al Rayyan, but lost the match, and the only option we have is to play with all our strength to get a positive result against Al Wakrah, considered as one of the strongest teams.”

“The match will be a final that must be won and we will make every effort on the field in order to achieve victory, which is our motto with which we will enter the match, especially since the team has suffered a lot in the current season. It is time to correct the course at the end of the competition.”