Al Arabi take on new look Umm Salal in round thirteen of the QSL. The match will take place at the Al Arabi stadium on Thursday evening. Arabi were handed a 3-0 defeat by Al Rayyan in the Doha derby. The Dream Team, who are seventh in the table with thirteen points will be looking to bounce back against Umm Salal, who recently appointed a new manager.

Edison Aguirre, the head coach of Al Arabi his hoping for a positive turnaround in their upcoming game, “We prepared for this game like we did for all games. We made some corrections. We made some mistakes in the last game and we hope this game’s result will be positive.”

“The first game against Gharafa witnessed an imbalance in our team. We want to play better not just for a few minutes but for the whole game. We need teamwork, we need to look for pattern behaviours. For me as a coach I have to analyse my players in training and in the game so I can make my decision. I will try to change some things in the second half of the league to make the team better,” added the Brazilian tactician.

Speaking about his team’s morale, Aguirre added, “The players are doing their best during the training. Next match will be tough because it’s during a transition period. All players will be ready and the technical staff will make the decision about the team. So we need a positive result in order to continue improving.”

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Umm Salal have parted ways with Bulent Uygun and have appointed Mahmoud Jaber, who was working with the club’s youth team, as the head coach. The players will look to provide a strong performance in order to impress the new gaffer.

Speaking to the press as Umm Salal first team manager, Mahmoud Jabber added, “I started with the team in a difficult situation. We spoke with the players and told them that we have two very important games. last week we focused on the psychological side of the game and we won and this week we are facing a tough team so we will implement some tactics. Now we need the three points so that we get close to the top teams and stay away from the danger zone. Al Arabi has a great history and a great name so we are expecting a difficult game.”

“For this game, we didn’t have a lot of time to prepare. We need to fix our mistakes. We need more time, more corrections and stability,” added the Egyptian head coach at the press conference on Wednesday.

Speaking about his targets as manager, Jaber added, “We will play for victory and we want to continue the winning mentality. Our main target now is to finish this last game before the game and then we will sit to discuss tactical and technical details of the team.”