Al Shamal coach Nuno Almeida spoke to the media ahead of their 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League Week 8 match against Al Shahania.

“The match will be difficult for both teams who aspire to win and collect the three points.

“Al Shahania are a very good and organized team with players with good capabilities, and indeed they have presented good performances this season and it is enough that they succeeded in defeating the leaders of the league table in the current season, which means that it is necessary for us to be at the peak of focus when facing them in order to achieve the desired goal.

“Al Shamal also presented good performances and seek to keep presenting these performances and achieve a new victory after the valuable victory we achieved in the last round. Our players have great capabilities and greater ambitions in order to achieve the goals and ambitions of the club and its fans this season.

“We hope that we will succeed in developing the appropriate strategy for the Al Shahania match and achieve our goal from it, which is victory and collecting the three points with full respect for the competitors,” said Almeida.

Al Shamal player Jassim Al Muhairi said, “We are waiting for a very important and difficult match against a good team that has presented good performances this season.

“The match will not be easy and we have to be fully prepared for it and do our utmost to achieve the desired goal, which is victory.

“Al Shamal will play to win, which is our goal in every match and I hope that the players will be successful in the match.”