Al Duhail First Football Team defender Jean-Charles Castelleto confirmed that the team is anticipating a strong match versus the Saudi Club Al Ahli in the second round of the AFC Champions League Elite and that the team will strive hard to win this match.

Castelleto began his statements during the pre-match press conference by saying: “Of course, as everyone knows, we played a match two or three days ago during which we exerted a lot of physical effort. We will work hard with the technical staff during the current period to recover sufficiently in preparation for the upcoming match.”

Castelleto added: “It will certainly be a strong and complicated match against the champions of the previous edition of the AFC Champions League Elite. We also performed well versus Al Hilal, but we were ultimately unsuccessful. We will try our best to work with the technical staff and focus on Al Ahli strengths and weaknesses to achieve a positive result from this confrontation.”

Castelleto concluded his statements by saying: “Our team has played many strong matches against high-level teams. We must focus on the upcoming match and work well as planned by the coach. Our ambition is to continue developing and moving forward in this major tournament.”