The Al-Sadd first team will miss the services of goalkeeper Saad Al-Dosari from the next game against Al-Arabi in Round 11 of the QNB Stars League due to injury.

Saad suffered a connective muscle injury during training, and he is set to return to training with the team after the Al-Arabi game.

Head coach Juanma has announced a 22-member squad for the game, which is as follows: Jehad Muhammad, Yousef Al-Balushi, Pedro Miguel, Ahmed Suhail, Bahaa Al-Laithi, Jung Woo-young, Ahmed Sayyar, Santi Cazorla, Rodrigo Tabata, Baghdad Bounedjah, Andre Ayew, Akram Afif, Muhammad Mannai, Khoukhi Boualem, Abdullah Al-Yazidi, Ahmed Al-Saeed, Musaab Khidir, Hassan Al-Haydos, Abdulrahman Rashid, Tarek Salman, Muhammad Waad, Guilherme Torres. ... 

Al-Sadd’s Pedro Miguel spoke about the importance of the upcoming game against Al-Arabi in Round 11 of the QNB Stars League.

Addressing the media at the pre-match press conference, Pedro said: “The next game against Al-Arabi will be difficult because they are going through a good period. They have a good team with great local and foreign players.” ... 

Al-Sadd coach Juanma Lillo has stressed the difficulty of his side’s upcoming QNB Stars League clash against Al-Arabi.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Juanma said: “We know that we have a rivalry with Al-Arabi, as is the case with Al-Rayyan. Moreover, Al-Arabi is at the top of the standings, and this gives more value to the match.” ... 

Al-Sadd held their main training session on Saturday ahead of the upcoming QNB Stars League Round 11 game against Al-Arabi.

The Wolves go into the game hoping to defeat the league leaders and get closer to top, following their 2-1 win over Al-Rayyan.

The coaching staff focused on some attacking tactics, in addition to the players’ movement, before holding a practice mini-game the middle of the pitch. ... 

The Al-Sadd first team continued its preparations for the upcoming QNB Stars League Round 10 clash against Al-Duhail, which is scheduled to be played on January 17 at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium.

The Wolves held their session today, Saturday, after getting a break from training on Friday, with the coaching staff, led by Juanma, focused on preparing the players physically and technically for this confrontation. The team will go into the game with the hope of getting another victory on board to advance in the standings, after their 2-1 win over Al-Rayyan in the previous round. ... 

Al-Sadd striker Baghdad Bounedjah expressed his happiness with the important 2-1 victory over Al-Rayyan, in the Round 9 game from the QNB Stars League.

Speaking after the match, Bounedjah said: “We are happy with the victory, which is an important one in our season. The return of the national team players is a great boost for us, and they helped us a lot in winning the first match after this long break.” ... 

Al-Sadd recorded a 2-1 win over Al-Rayyan in their QNB Stars League Round 9 game which was played at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium on Wednesday. Andre Ayew (7′) and Akram Afif (52′) scored for Al-Sadd, while Steven Nzonzi (56′) got the lone goal for Al-Rayyan.

The result meant that Al-Sadd increased their points tally to 10 from eight games, and move up to eighth place in the league table. The Wolves have a postponed game against Qatar SC from Round 8 yet to be played. ... 

Eng. Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, vice-president of Al-Sadd SC, attended the final training session of the football first team on Tuesday, in preparation for the match against Al-Rayyan in Round 9 of the QNB Stars League.

The vice-president’s visit came as a show of support from the management, towards the coaching staff and players, before the Qatar Clasico clash against Al-Rayyan. The management has been keen to encourage the team to show a strong performance and to achieve good results in the remaining games, in order to compete for the league title this season. ... 

Al-Sadd’s South Korean international Jung Woo-young spoke of the importance of winning all the remaining games in the QNB Stars League, ahead of the team’s Round 9 clash with Al-Rayyan.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Woo-young said: “Before the World Cup we lost many points, and now it’s time to add points to our tally. From now we need to win all the games.” ... 

Al-Sadd head coach Juanma Lillo shared his thoughts on the team’s preparation, while addressing the media ahead of the team’s QNB Stars League Round 9 game against Al-Rayyan on Wednesday.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Juanma said: “Looking at the World Cup from the perspective of Al-Sadd, we had to be most attentive because we had a large number of players at the tournament.” ...