The Al Sadd first team concluded their preparations for the upcoming QNB Stars League game against Al Gharafa with their final training session on Friday evening. The match is scheduled to kick off at 4:35 PM on Saturday at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.
During the final training session, the coaching staff implemented the physical and technical training programme, and some light skill drills.
Head coach Javi Gracia announced the 23-member squad for the match, which is as follows: Saad Al-Dosari, Mishaal Barshim, Youssef Al-Balushi, Pedro Miguel, Tarek Salman, Musaab Khidir, Abdelkarim Hassan, Abdulrahman Rashid, Muhammad Mannai, Guilherme Torres, Santi Cazorla, Rodrigo Tabata, Ali Asad, Khoukhi Boualem, Abdullah Al Yazidi, Baghdad Bounedjah, Akram Afif, Andre Ayew, Hassan Al-Haydos, Mahdi Salem, Jung Woo-young, Mustafa Tarek, Faisal Azadi.
The squad announcement saw the return of South Korean midfielder Jung Woo-young, after the end of his national team duties in the World Cup qualifiers, while Musaab Khidir is also back after missing the last game against Al-Wakrah due to accumulation of bookings.