Al-Annabi press conference after Serbia challenge match

Sanchez: We have to work to correct our mistakes before the next match 

Qatar’s head coach Felix Sanchez stressed that Al-Annabi football team was not physically in its day during the confrontation with Serbia, suffered a stunning loss by four clean goals in the European qualifying round for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on Thursday.

Al-Annabi Coach Sanchez in his statements at the press conference following the match, emphasized:"We lost to Serbia in on our Thursday game and felt bad; we made some mistakes on side out. We need to fix the problems we had. The tactics we used will not work against strong teams if we don't play better. We must bear in mind that this is the beginning of the season for us, while some Serbian players have played at least three matches."
Sanchez further added: “There is an abnormal to concede a goal on the kick-off of the match, which affected us negatively in the rest of the time. We have to work hard to avoid repeating those mistakes before the next match that against the Portuguese national team.”

Al-Annabi Coach continued in his notes: “If you do not fully aware to face a team on the size of Serbia, you will receive a heavy loss, because we were not on our good day.”
About the absence of some players and their impact on the match, Sanchez said: “We lost Mohamed Muntari because of an injury, and Abdel Aziz Hatem did not participate with us because he received a red card and was sent off in front of El Salvador challenge.
Regarding the upcoming match, Sanchez explained: “We will play with the Portugal national team, which includes a group of professionals and brilliant players, and we will not only play against Cristiano Ronaldo, and we have to prepare well for the match.”

Akram : We strive to perform at the best level against Portugal

Akram Afif expressed depression for Al-Annabi loss against the Serbian national team in the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Akram said in his statements after the match: “We did not provide the required level in the game, and the result is definitely clear. We returned from post-vacation dread after participating in the Gold Cup and trained for two weeks, and it was not enough for us.
Afif added: “as for our encounter against the Portugal, we will work to appear at the best level and we do not accept such a loss, we must strive to appear at the required level during the next confrontation and avoid such negative image that we appeared in during our match with Serbia.
Afif continued: “If the fans do not accept this loss, we are as well, and we must strive to correct our mistakes and be in a better image you're looking this match.

Tariq Salman: We did not perform at the measure test performance as in our last encounters

Tariq Salman apologized to the Qatari fans after Al-Annabi lost four clean goals against Serbia in the FIFA World Cup European Qualifying match. In his statements following the match, Salman said: “We did not showed-up our high level that we showed in the previous matches. There were some individual mistakes that caused the loss, and everyone responsible for Al-Annabi loss against Serbia, because we play as a full team competition. Salman added: “Coach Sanchez is working to provide all players an equal opportunity due to the pressure of matches and tournaments in which the national team participated in the recent period.
Salman, Al-Annabi right front defender continued: “We're talking about how to correct frequent mistakes and benefit from this experience, especially when you play against a physically strong and well-prepared team. We still have limited time to correct the mistakes before we face the Portugal, hoping we will appear at the level commonly known for Al-Annabi”