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The Qatari League: Al-Ahly coach is looking for a course correction, and the North coach believes in the capabilities of his players

April 1, 2023

Al-Montenegro Nebosha Jovovic, coach of Al-Ahly team, stressed the importance of obtaining the three points during his team’s match tomorrow against Al-Shamal, in the eighteenth round of the Qatari Football League competitions. "QNB Stars League" For the football season 2022-2023.

And the 48-year-old coach added, in a statement today during the pre-match press conference:"We are looking for restoring the winning tone after the team received two consecutive defeats in the past two rounds, and we have worked to take advantage of the short period of interruption in the league in order to address some errors and prepare the team for the remaining rounds of the league.".

He pointed out that Al-Shamal is one of the strong teams, and showed good levels this season. "We respect the ambitions of this team, and we want to achieve our goal through this match and come out with the full score that puts Al-Ahly in a good position close to the golden square.".

For his part, Wissam Rizk, coach of the North team, did not hide the difficulty of his team’s task tomorrow against Al-Ahly, pointing to the full readiness of all players to play the match and strive to win in order to improve the team’s position in the ranking list.

The 42-year-old added:" I have great confidence in all players, as they realize the great responsibility that rests upon them, and we have worked to raise concentration levels during the last period that witnessed the return of some injured players, which will contribute to strengthening the team’s strength.".

The North coach concluded his remarks: "We know very well the strength of the opponent and his ambitions to win, and as for us, we focused on some points and we will try to play our way and we have the ability to achieve the desired result thanks to the great determination that I felt from everyone in the team.".

Al-Ahly ranks seventh in the league standings with 21 points, while Al-Shamal comes tenth with 14 points, one point ahead of Umm Salal, the eleventh-placed, and 5 points ahead of Al-Sailiya, the last-placed.

Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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