Sports Friday, September 20, 2019 13 Al Sadd back to QSL against struggling Umm Salal TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK side can bounce back against and increase harmony between DOHA Al Sadd. the players. We hope we have “We are facing Al Sadd, one reached the best stage and we AL Sadd return to QNB Stars of the best teams in Asia. Play- want to show it through results. League action when they take ing against a big club like Al “Qatar SC are going on Umm Salal at the Al Janoub Sadd is not easy. Anyway, we through a bad situation, but it Stadium on Friday. are ready to face them. Every is a team with good potential, Still basking from their AFC game has its own difficulties, good players. We will go into Champions League exploits, but certainly a loss could affect the game to win three points. Qatar Airways announces Xavi Hernandez’s side are fa- our mindset. We have to pre- We know that it will be a very vourites to retain the Falcon pare for any match in the best difficult confrontation, espe- partnership with KAS Eupen Shield as rivals Al Duhail and way. We will try to get the team cially considering the situation Al Rayyan battle for identity but out of frustration after the last of both teams,” Trabelsi said. the Spaniard has asked his team loss (to Al Arabi),” Caneda said. While Trabelsi is looking to TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ship demonstrates our long to focus on the next match. “So far, we have one point, get his team pumped up for the DOHA term commitment to further “In the coming period, we but we have no problems in the new season, Carlos Ferrer will growing and developing our will play many games, we have team. We have to work step by be hoping to pick his first point QATAR Airways have an- relationship with Belgium.” planned this stage with the fit- step, deal with the situations of the campaign after three nounced a multi-year sponsor- KAS Eupen Board of Di- ness coach in order to avoid calmly and keep our concentra- straight defeats. ship agreement with Belgian rectors representative An- fatigue and injuries. I’m hap- tion ahead of the next rounds.” “I admit that our results football club K.A.S. Eupen fur- dreas Bleicher, said: “We are py that we have to play many Al Sailiya vs Umm Salal have not been good in recent ther growing its global sport- delighted to announce our games in a short time and our In the other match on Fri- rounds as we have not won ing partnerships portfolio. partnership with one of the goal is to win all matches, be it day, Sami Trabelsi’s Al Sailiya any point from three games, This agreement will see most prestigious and award- in Qatar or Asia,” Xavi said at a will hope to grab their first win so we must be worried. When the airline’s logo placed on ed airlines in the world. Qa- press conference on Thursday. of the season against Qatar you suffer defeats, everyone the team’s playing jersey from tar Airways will be our Main “I had watched Umm Al Sadd players during a training session ahead of their league match Sports Club at the Jassim Bin worries. We have to work well the 2019/20 season. Qatar Shirt Sponsor from now on, Salal’s match against Al Rayy- against Umm Salal. (AL SADD TWITTER) Hamad Stadium. to find out how to reach vic- Airways branding will also which puts our club within an. It was a strong show by The Peregrines have start- tory. I do not want to justify be placed around K.A.S. Eu- the remarkable global football Umm Salal. They played well, “All clubs have strength- Spaniard added. ed the season with mixed re- the defeats by saying they came pen’s stadium. KAS Eupen club portfolio of Qatar Air- so we have to be focused be- ened their squads. It benefits Meanwhile, Umm Salal sults having enjoyed a success- because of a player’s mistake competes in the Jupiler Pro ways such as AS Roma, Boca cause we are the favourites to Qatar football. The league has have managed just one point ful season last year. or the absence of another. Set- League, the Belgian First Di- Juniors, FC Bayern München win the match, but the game become obviously stronger from three games this season “During the last few days, backs were caused due to small vision and has established and Al Sadd SC. will be very difficult. than in the past seasons,” the and Raul Caneda believe his we tried to correct our mistakes details,” Ferrer said. a reputation for developing “Our professional team young talented footballers will wear the Qatar Airways such as Moussa Wague and logo on our jersey from now Henry Onyekuru. on. Our partnership is both Eupen has also played incentive and commitment a pivotal role in developing for us to stay in Belgium’s top Al Arabi stay atop after hard-fought win many young Qatari players in- flight league, to improve our cluding Akram Afif, Abdelka- professional to youth teams wide of the post, Al Shahania’s rim Hassan and several other and also continuously de- The Dream Team Rezaeian struck a powerful members of Qatar’s 2019 AFC velop our club organisation- beat Shahania 2-1, shot, which Gomis put to safety. Asian Cup winning squad. ally and increase our social Then came the equaliser Qatar Airways Group engagement. As a club we Al Gharafa remain when Rezaeian converted from Chief Executive Officer, Ak- will support Qatar Airways´ the penalty spot. bar al Baker, said: “We are ambition in the Belgian air- joint top of Stars Al Arabi pushed for the win- very pleased to announce this line and tourism industry, so League ner amnd got it when Khalifa new partnership, which will that it will become a win-win thwarted Yousef Abdurizag’s see Qatar Airways become the situation for both entities. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK shot, only for Salah to convert main shirt sponsor of K.A.S. We are looking forward to DOHA from close range to seal full Eupen from the 2019/20 an exciting partnership with points for The Dream Team. season. We are continually Qatar Airways.” AL Arabi continued their un- In the other game on Thurs- striving to boost our global K.A.S. Eupen joins AS beaten run to stay atop the QNB day, Al Gharafa came back from sporting sponsorship port- Roma, Boca Juniors, FC Bay- Stars League Standings after Al Arabi players celebrate their victory after the match against Al Shahania at the Al Janoub Stadium on Thursday. a goal down to beat 10-man Al folio, and this partnership is ern München and Al Sadd SC a hard fought 2-1 win over Al Ahli 3-1. just one more example of our in Qatar Airways’ global foot- Shahania 2-1 at the Al Janoub condemns Al Shahania to their Khalifa al Dossari midjudged came when Kesse Amangoua Abdulrahman Moustafa dedication to the sports sector ball sponsorship portfolio. Stadium on Thursday. fourth straight loss, keeping the flight of the ball that went came up with a long-ranger, had put Al Ahli ahead i11 and our belief in the power of In addition, Qatar Airways is A brace from Mohammed them rooted to the bottom of over Al Shahania goalkeeper which rival goalkeeper Gregory minutes into the match but sport to bring people together. also the Official Airline Part- Salah (first minute and 89th the table. and applied the finishing touch. Gomis parried. Ahmed Alaaeldin’s second “Qatar Airways has strong ner of FIFA, which includes minute) either side of Ramin In a shocking opening min- Al Shahania had to be cred- Soon after restart, Al Shaha- half double and Sofianne ties with Belgium operating 2018 FIFA World Cup Rus- Rezaeian 74th minute penalty ute, Salah quickly finished off ited for putting the early heart- nia’s Abdelaziz Barrada headed Hanni’s second goal in as eight weekly passenger ser- sia, the FIFA Club World Cup, for Al Shahania was enough a move that literally originated break behind them and giving wide. many games for the Cheetahs vices to Brussels from Doha the FIFA Women’s World Cup for The Dream Team to seal from the kick-off. The striker Al Arabi a good fight in the first After Al Arabi’s Hamdi Har- moved Stanislas Jokanovic’s and 19 weekly all-cargo ser- and the 2022 FIFA World an important victory. 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