QNB Stars League: We Need to Regain Focus, Says Al Rayyan Coach

Doha, February 09 (QNA) - Al Rayyan will take on Al Sailiya on Thursday in Week 18 of the 2021-2022 season QNB Stars League. Speaking to the media ahead of the match, Al Rayyan coach Laurent Blanc said, "We lost to Al Duhail in the last match. Of course, I am disappointed. We played against a team that was better than Al Rayyan, but that match is over and we have two important matches. The first is in the league and the second is in the Amir Cup. Preparations will be very important and we need to win. "We miss many important players, but we also miss scoring. In football, when you score, you have the opportunity to win. If you score and you have luck and do not concede goals, you can win 1-0 or 2-0. The problem now with Al Rayyan is conceding goals. And this is not the problem of defenders only, but the team as a whole. We did not score many goals and we have a big problem in attack. I am working to help players regain focus and get back to winning ways," said Blanc. In the pre-match press conference, Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi said, "It is for us a very important match in view of our current circumstances, especially since every point lost will complicate the matters for us. "The difficulty of the match lies in the importance of obtaining points at this stage, and everyone knows the the importance of this match and the importance of the next stage. God-willing, we will succeed in taking advantage of our opportunities correctly and this is the most important thing that concerns us because this is the biggest problem we have of not taking advantage of opportunities in front of the goal. In addition, we concede silly goals and that has also put us in a spot. "Al Rayyan are going through difficult conditions and we have achieved positive results against Al Rayyan, which was in better conditions than the current situation. Al Rayyan have players at a high level in terms even though their results did not justify that. Whether the situation of Al Rayyan is good or bad is not what will decide the outcome of our match against them. Our problem is within us. God-willing, we will succeed in ending the attacks in the right way," said Trabelsi. (QNA)