Qatari Clubs Continue Pre-season Preparations

Doha, July 22 (QNA) - Qatar SC team trained on Saturday in the Spanish camp in preparation for the new football season under Spanish coach Carlos Alos with the participation of all players including three professionals. The club left Qatar on Friday to continue preparations for the new season, which began earlier this month in Doha. The squad participated in the fitness drills in the gym to focus on improving overall physical strength. Qatar SC will play four friendly matches within the camp and will start next Thursday. The second game will be against the San Sebastian team on 31 July. The third friendly will be on August 3 followed by another match on August 6 the new QNB Stars League starts on August 22. Al Shahaniya scored a 2-0 win over second-division side in a friendly match on Saturday at the Turkish team camp. The two goals were scored by Abdurrahman Naji and Iranian Ramin Rezaian for Al Shahaniya Spaniard coach Mauricio was keen to involve the largest number of players in the friendly in order to get the squad match ready. Al Shahaniya will play the second friendly on 27 July against a Turkish league team "The experience was good, especially since it came five days after the start of the Turkish camp," said coach Nabil Anwar He stressed that the club currently has three professionals. Anwar praised the camp's atmosphere and training and said things were "going well especially since there were no injuries among the players". Al Arabi lost 2-1 against Girona FC on Wednesday in their first friendly against a Spanish side in preparation for the new season. Al Arabi took the lead in the 15th minute. Girona FC equalized in the 22nd minute and produced a second goal in the 43rd minute. Al Arabi started the match with Gomez to guard the goal, Abdul Rahman Bilal Yassin Yacoub, Jasser Yahya, Fahad Shanein, Hossam Kamal, Abdullah Marafih, Abdul Rahman Anad, Youssef Abdul Razak, Fahd Khalfan and German Lasuga. The Al Arabi coach brought in a number of players in the second half to give the opportunity to all players to participate in the friendly. The replacements included Jassim Jaber, Mohammed Assem, Khalifa Al-Maliki and Mahmoud Abundi instead of Yacoub, Abdul Rahman Anad, Abdul Rahman Bilal and goalkeeper Gomez. (QNA)