Al Sadd will be looking to put their shock opening day defeat to Al Markhiya behind then when they take on Sailiya at Al Arabi stadium on Friday evening. Head coach Jesulado Ferriera spoke with the local media ahead of the tie.
Opening up the press conference Ferriera noted that he expected a improved performance from his team. “I don’t know the strategy of Al Sailiya for this match, but we must focus on our performance in order to get the result we need.”
“Our players do not have a good condition at the moment, they are tired. We are trying to recover them in time for the game, against Al Markhiya we dropped in the last 20 minutes and we have tried to address this in training this week” added Ferriera when asked about the state of his side heading into the game.
The Portuguese coach ended the press conference with an injury update on Bagdad Bounjah. “Bounjah had a serious injury in the Sheikh Jassim Cup. We will make a decision on him in the coming days. However we have a big squad, and we have a big squad and we have players who can replace Bounedjah if he is unavailable against Al Sailiya.
Source: qsl.com.qa