Umm Salal coach Patrice Carteron spoke to the media ahead of their 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League Week 5 match against Al Shahania.

“We have seen from the players determination, discipline and a great desire to be in the best condition and achieve positive results.

“God-willing, we will be ready, especially on the psychological side, and we find in the players the determination and insistence to achieve a positive result.

“We must play the matches with the same spirit, motivation and determination, and do our best to maintain what has been achieved, and play with confidence and enthusiasm to get more good results. We are ready to face Al Shahania and are excited, and we must move forward step by step, and continue on that, and play with the same performance and strength that the team played with against Al Sadd, in order to please our fans,” said Caretron.

Umm Salal player Kenji Gorre said, “The preparations were at the highest level under the leadership of coach Carteron, who always makes us at the peak of readiness. Our goal in facing Al Shahania is to achieve victory, we are ready for this important match.

“We know that the match will be strong and difficult, because the opponent wants to come back and improve his position, and they will look at this match with great strength and desire, but it will be a final match. Therefore, we must enter the match with great confidence, in view of the victory achieved over Al Sadd, which made us happy and gave us confidence and more inspiration to get the match points.

“There is no easy match in the league and that winning it will provide them with a great morale and psychological boost before the upcoming matches.”