Al Rayyan and Al Sailiya Braced for Ooredoo Cup Final Tonight
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QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune Al Sakab Stud’s QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune homebred Al Faisaliya lands Al Britha Cup PAGE 11 FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2021 Al Rayyan and Al Sailiya braced for Ooredoo Cup nal tonight TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the arrival of coach Laurent DOHA Blanc, their team has shown how to advance to the top four AL Sailiya will match up in the league. with Al Rayyan in the final of “Al Sailiya’s matches with 2020-21 season Ooredoo Cup Al Rayyan are always full of at the Jassim Bin Hamad Sta- excitement and we have suc- dium on Friday with the kick- ceeded in many matches to off at 7pm. outperform Al Rayyan, and we However, following the hope that it will be repeated in latest developments and deci- the Ooredoo Cup final. sions taken by the Supreme “We have prepared well Committee for Crisis Manage- for the match and are focused ment and Ministry of Public on the psychological aspect of Health to contain the corona- a game like this because the virus (COVID-19) spread and team does not suffer techni- in order to preserve the health cally, but rather on the mental and safety of everyone during side only. We know that lack of this period, the Qatar Stars focus from players was seen in League (QSL) decided not to many matches we have played allow fans for the final. Fans recently including the Al Wak- can nonetheless enjoy the final rah match in the semifinal. As a clash on television. All those result, we committed mistakes who have purchased tickets Al Rayyan coach Laurent Blanc addresses the media on the eve of the Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi and player Majdi Siddiq speaking to the media ahead of their nal clash that cost the team many goals. will be contacted regarding the Ooredoo Cup 2020-21 nal against Al Sailiya on Thursday. against Al Rayyan for Ooredoo Cup 2020-21. The nal will be played at Al Sadd Stadium at 7pm. “Therefore, we have to do refund of money. our best to achieve victory es- Al Sailiya reached the final championship. We have fol- final. We will go into the match “All players are excited to pecially after we got a second despite losing in the first semi- Al Rayyan too have play- and the desire of each team to lowed the opposing team and against Al Sailiya with the goal play the final especially since chance to be in the final by final to Al Wakrah 0-3 after ers of calibre, such as Yacine win the championship. watched their last few match- of winning. Al Sailiya had beat- some are playing a final match winning our semifinal. Being disciplinary action was taken Brahimi, Franck Kom, Ahmed “My team has prepared es. Al Sailiya are a good team en us in the second leg of this for the first time with the sen- in the final is an opportunity to against the latter for fielding Abdelmaqsoud, Gabriel Mer- well for the match. As always, and include high-level players. season’s QNB Stars League and ior team. Therefore, everyone is compete for an important title an ineligible player. cado, Mohammed Alaaeldin, we are preparing all players for “When I came to Al Rayy- that very reason would make the looking forward to win the title.” and achieve the first champi- Al Rayyan, on the other Abdulrahman Al Harazi and any clash in the best way possi- an, I tried to deal with the ex- match strong and tough. Expecting a strong contest, onship trophy in the history of hand, made it to the final by goalkeeper Fahad Younis. ble, both technically and physi- isting situation to improve the “We go into every match Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi, Al Sailiya club.” beating Al Gharafa by an iden- A cautious Al Rayyan coach cally. My team went through image of the side and I found a we play in any tournament said, “It will definitely be a Al Sailiya player Majdi Sid- tical 3-0 margin. Laurent Blanc, speaking on training with full force in the great response from everyone, with the only ambition of vic- strong match against Al Rayy- diq, said, “I hope we will have With players doing nation- the eve of the match said, “The last period to reach the best but this is not enough. We still tory and we hope that we will an. We see it as an opportunity an edge in the final than Al al duty for various countries outcome of the match against possible readiness. All players need more time to develop and succeed tomorrow. We have to correct the situation and Rayyan. In order to win and will be missing in action on ei- Al Sailiya cannot be predicted, are ready to play the match improve further, and there done well and have prepared appear better, and improve get the cup, we have to play ther side in the title clash. Yet, but our ambition is to win the with the exception of national must be a certain level in qual- ourselves in the best way. We results that have not gone well aggressively. Al Sailiya boast of the likes of Ooredoo Cup. We know the dif- team players who are in Hun- ity that I want my team to play have trained with all strength for us in the recent period. “The final is a good op- Mohanad Ali, Tiago Bezzera, ficulty my team faces against gary for the European qualifi- with as it aligns with my phi- throughout the last period. “Al Rayyan are an excellent portunity to appear at a better Ahmed Hammoudan, Majdi Al Sailiya in the final. No one ers for 2022 FIFA World Cup. losophy,” he added. There is great motivation and balanced team that is go- level to achieve the title. We Siddiq, Nadir Belhadj, Mostafa can predict the outcome of the “We will play the Al Sailiya Al Rayyan player Fahad, among the players and the ing through a good period with hope that we will make history Mohammed, Serigne Mbodji team’s match with Al Sailiya match with all strength and said, “Every Al Rayyan player is team will fight in the final in good results as they have very to achieve the first champion- and goalkeeper Claude Amine. given the difficulty of the clash seriousness in order to win the excited to play the Ooredoo Cup order to win. high-level players. And since ship title for our club.” MotoGP Opener: World stars revved up to kick-start Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar VINAY NAYUDU FRIDAY WORLD champion Joan Mir We are here in Qatar and (Team Suzuki Ecstar), Austral- everyone starts from zero. It ian Ducati rider Jack Miller, will be important to feel Yamaha’s French Fabio Quar- great here. Looking forward tararo, Spaniard Maverick to this season, we have a Vinales, and Italian Valentino Rossi of Petronas Yamaha – are great challenge ahead of us among those who will heat up defending the title and we’ll the Losail International Cir- do as good as we can. cuit from Friday with the start of the inaugural round of 2021 World champion Joan Mir MotoGP World Championship of Team Suzuki Ecstar – Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar. The Qatar Motor and Mo- torcycle Federation (QMMF), Moto3 so we’ll come in with in cooperation with the Losail an open mind. Circuit Sports Club and under Italian Fabio Quartararo the supervision of the Interna- of Monster Energy Yamaha tional Motorcycling Federa- looked at using his experience tion (IMF), has completed all in the opener. preparations to host the Barwa “I think that last year and Grand Prix of Qatar which will the end of the season was dif- last three days at the floodlit ficult, but I have learned many oasis of Losail International MotoGP world champion Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar), Repsol Honda Team rider Pol Espargaro, Ducati Lenovo Team’s Jack Miller, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quar- things that can bring me a lot Circuit. tararo, nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi of Petronas Yamaha SRT, and Aprilia Racing Team Gresini’s Aleix Espargaro at the Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar press conference at of experience for the future Vice-President and Gen- Losail on Thursday. and this year. It feels like it has eral Manager of Losail Circuit been high and low, but I feel Club Khalid Al Rumaihi con- Losail Circuit Sports Club, in practice session of 30 min- pete in the championship with change on the bike, it will be race pace, at least to start to ready for 2021 and I think that firmed the full readiness of the cooperation with the Ministry utes for Moto 3, followed by a 22 riders, ranging in age from really important to keep the think about where to be on the is the most important thing,” circuit noting the great confi- of Public Health. 25-minute practice session for 11 to 15 years, representing five consistency but improve the race,” he said. he said. dence of the IMF and Dorna He stressed that this health Moto 2 at 3:45 pm, and anoth- countries: Japan, India, Aus- speed to win more races, this Jack Miller of Ducati Le- Veteran Valentino Rossi, Group, the official title spon- protocols has proven to be very er 25-minute practice session tralia, Malaysia and Thailand. will be the main goal.” novo, said, “I feel ready as I’ll now in Petronas Yamaha SRT sors of MotoGP, in the ability effective so far, pointing out for MotoGP at 4:40pm, before Speaking at the pre-event New Repsol Honda Team be, we didn’t get that big of a colours, expressed big enthu- of the State of Qatar in hosting that there is constant follow-up the second free qualifiers for press conference on Thursday, rider Pol Espargaro said he’d break, I went back to Austral- siasm.