Al Wakrah coach Marquez Lopez spoke to the media ahead of their 2020-21 season QNB Stars League Week 1 match against Al Ahli.

“The new season will be more difficult than the previous season, especially for Al Wakrah, because after finishing in the sixth place last season, our ambitions are higher this time around.

“My team is ready for the opening confrontation against Al Ahli. I can confirm that the preparations for this match went off like as we do for the rest of the games. We have three new players in the team.

“All matches are not the same, obviously because of so many factors. We must do our best to get a good start to the league championship. I think all members of the team have great determination to put up utmost efforts so that we can maintain the good image that we had last season,” said Marquez.