Al Wakrah coach Marquez Lopez spoke to the media ahead of their 2019-20 QNB Stars League Week 1 match against Al Sadd.

“Our task is difficult because we’re coming from the Second Division and we’re facing reigning QNB Stars League champions Al Sadd first. We worked to prepare for this match with the players physically and psychologically, and we hope to bring out our best.

“We’re waiting for a difficult confrontation against Al Sadd, which is a well-known team that always achieves positive results. Al Sadd played three games at the beginning of the season.

“Our outdoor camp was a success, we did a great job with the players and I’m happy with the response they’ve shown. Now they know my style of functioning. We played four friendly matches during our pre-season camp and we won three of them, which was good.

“We’ve players who were with us last season and they know very well what I seek from them. There’re new players in the team and they also know about our strategy. There’ll some changes according to the requirements of matches and that’s normal. We can deal with it,” said Marquez.