Alkass Digital
Al Khor coach Winfried Schafer underlined his team's readiness for the 2020-21 season Play-Off against Al Shahania tonight.
"I salute all fans of the club and I want to reassure them that we have done well during the past few weeks so that we can appear well and win the important match against Al Shahania. We scored five goals in the last match we played against Al Ahli in the QFA Cup. This is a very good and promising sign," Schafer said in a press conference on Monday.
"We have great players. All we have to do is enter the match with complete focus. Our fighting spirit is our main weapon. Our preparations are going on well. We have worked hard and we have done all that was necessary to win the Play-Off," added Schafer.
For his part, Al Shahania coach Nabil Anwar underlined that his team is ready to face Al Khor in the deciding match.
"All players and technical as well as administrative staff are ready and have the desire to win. Everybody is ready with the exception of Talal Al Mutairi, the Kuwaiti professional who was recently injured and whose season with the team has ended. He will not be playing against Al Khor," Anwar said.
"Al Khor are a good team regardless of their ranking in the QNB Stars League. They have presented good levels and have professionals of the highest level and a distinguished coach who is German (Winfried Schafer) and unique. Therefore, we respect Al Khor and it is natural that the clash will be difficult," he added.
"We definitely corrected the mistakes we made in the past matches. But mistakes are too frequent and against Al Shamal, we presented the worst game of the season. Our team has turned the page after the Al Shamal match and our focus is only on the Al Khor meeting. We have acknowledged our mistakes and are ready now to play against Al Khor," he noted.
"We are confident about achieving our goal that we set at the beginning of the season, which is to be among the top First Division clubs. The pressure will be there on both teams as both have the desire to win this match. As I said, the match is difficult and will be played on a simple formula - a team that will play calmly during the 90 minutes will be the one to achieve victory," he said.