Al Rayyan coach Diego Aguirre spoke to the media ahead of their QNB Stars League Week 11 match against Al Wakrah.

“The league stopped for a long time. It was the job of the coach to find the appropriate ways to prepare his team for the matches during that time and I did the same. We prepared well for Al Wakrah besides playing in the Ooredoo Cup.”

“Al Wakrah are a good team that plays in a distinct way. They have achieved some good results. I respect them and also the great efforts that they are making. We have to be highly focused against them.

“We had special sessions during the break and I am happy with the way our players responded to the training sessions. We tried to take advantage of the Ooredoo Cup matches. I am optimistic that my team will appear well in this match after good preparations.

“I think the absences will not make much of a difference. It always happens to all teams. We have suffered from them. Every week, there are absences in all teams,” said Aguirre.