Al Gharafa coach Christian Gourcuff spoke to the media ahead of their QNB Stars League Week 11 match against Al Shahania.

“We must maintain the momentum by continuing our good performance. We are very satisfied with the outcome of our last match (6-0 win over Al Khor).

“We look forward to becoming better despite the absence of some players, most notably Abdulaziz Hatem and Khalid Abdulrraouf, through injuries. However, we are looking to push some young players and hope to beat Al Shahania.

“Staying focused is important especially in the next game, so we can then evaluate the performance of our team in the first leg and then work on our goals in the second leg,” said Gourcuff.

Al Gharafa goalkeeper Yousef Hassan said, “Our start was not good in the league and we lost some easy points unfortunately, so we want to focus especially in these games so as not to lose points. Our team was affected by injuries, especially our defence.”