Al Shamal coach David Prats spoke to the media ahead of their 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League Week 17 match against Al Ahli.

“We are waiting for a difficult match against a very good team that includes players at a distinguished level such as Draxler, Oumar Sekou and others. Al Ahli also presented distinguished performances this season that confirm their strength.

“Despite my full awareness of Al Ahli’s strength, I have complete confidence in my team and the players’ ability to do their best in order to reach the desired result.

“The desired result for us is to win and collect the three points, especially since we are looking forward to continuing the victories after the last victory we achieved over Al Khor in the sixteenth round.

“We prepared the team well in order to present the desired performance and achieve the required result to please the club’s fans who always stand behind the team, and the club management, which is keen to overcome any obstacles facing the team,” said Prats.

Al Shamal player Ahmed Hagana said, “It will be a strong match against a good team, we will play it to win and collect the three points.

“We are all ready for the match and we hope that we will be successful.|”