Al Kharaitiyat vs Qatar SC kicks off 18:00 this Saturday at the Al Khor stadium.

Al Kharaitiyat Head Coach Amar Osim
“We had a long preparation. We went to training camps and played a couple of friendlies. The team has spent quite a lot of time together. But this is the first game and it is a completely different scenario. Nobody really knows in which condition all the clubs are in. It's much easier after the first game. We played Qatar SC twice last year and didn't have such good results. Both teams will expect to win this game. As for our progress, there's nothing we can compare to. I don't really know where we are. We have trained very hard. Now lets see how we do in the league.”
 
“ When you have good results everything you do seems easier. And you trust what you do. It doesn't mean that everything that you did was perfect. You continue further and further and that's what happened last year. And so the start is very important.  We played the last game five months ago and that's a long, long period.”

“My target would be to improve as a team. What we did last year could help us control the way we should go. Last season was a reference of how it could work for us, if we continue to work like that. We will try to do the same things. It might not necessarily bring the same results but we will try.”


 
Qatar SC Head Coach Radhi Shenaishil
“We want to see a good season for all teams in order to see a strong competition in the QSL. I think that all teams have prepared well for this season by bringing in new coaches and new players - local and foreign. So we can expect a very strong league this year. The competition is open to all teams. I hope that our team will continue like last season. Kharaitiyat is a very organised team and this kind of game needs lots of concentration.”

“We worked very well last season. The players were dedicated and played with total concentration. We didn't begin last season very well. We lost two games. It was difficult mentally to recover from that. But we worked hard and came back strongly. This time it's different. Qatar Club is now a top-4 team. All teams will see us as a difficult team. So now the team will need to work more, play with more concentration. We had a great camp and I believe my players are ready for the new season.”

“Hamdi Harboui was injured at the end of the season and our medical staff decided to put him through surgery. Now he's improving and we are trying to help him to come back to his full fitness. After last season we have noticed that Harbaoui needs another player to support him. So we have chosen Mohsin Yajour to help Harbaoui to score and also find the back of the net himself. It gives us more solutions than before. They can make our offensive line more strong. They haven't played a lot together but they will gel soon.”

“If you see the teams, I think that all teams this year have prepared well for this season. They have brought in lot of players. We will see Gharafa, Rayyan and Arabi are much improved compared to last season. So many teams will be vying for the top spots. Our target is to achieve what we did last year. And then work upwards. Our first step is to take maximum points at the start of the league campaign and then build on that in the second half of the season.”

“We have no absences. Our team is ready to start this league. The administration also had a meeting with players to prepare them mentally.”