Al Arabi Sports Club will be looking to bounce back when they face Al Duhail in the Match of the week in round two of the QNB Stars League. Arabi boss Kais Yâakoubi spoke to the media ahead of the contest. 

Opening up the press conference, Yâakoubi talked about his teams last game, a 3-1 defeat against Al Sailiya “Coming back from the defeat, I was upset to see everyone talking about the second half and forgot to mention the great performance of the team in first half. The team played good football in the first half and it was unfortunate the results didn’t go our way.”

“The match against Al Duhail is a difficult game, they are last seasons champions and have a very good team. We are preparing well for the game and looking to bounce back and get our first win” Added the Tunisian when asked about the teams preparations ahead of the match against Al Duhail. 

The Dream Teams manager ended the press conference by retreating the importance of giving his team time after having a large number of summer signings “It will be a strong game, we are ready and have been working hard for the last nine weeks. We have a number of new players and we’ll need more time to get the team performing at its best.