AFC Champions League: Xavi selects 20-man squad for Al-Nassr clash

Al-Sadd head coach Xavi Hernandez has selected a 20-man squad for the trip to Riyadh, where the Wolves will play Al-Nassr in the AFC Champions League quarter-final first leg on Monday.

The Al-Sadd delegation will be led by club general manager Turki Al-Ali, and will depart for Riyadh on Saturday evening at 7 PM, on a chartered flight via Kuwait.

The squad is as follows: Saad Al-Dosari, Meshaal Barsham, Jehad Mohammed, Khoukhi Boualem, Yasir Abubakar, Hassan Al-Haydos, Salem Al-Hajri, Akram Afif, Abdelkarim Hassan, Pedro Miguel, Ahmed Sayyar, Tarek Salman, Baghdad Bounedjah, Hamid Ismail, Abdulaziz Al-Ansari, Gabi, Ali Asad, Jung Woo-young, Hashim Ali, Hussain Bahzad

Management: Turki Al-Ali, sporting director Mohammed Gholam Al-Baloushi, first team manager Abdullah Al-Breik, media officer Ahmed Al-Ansari, first team official Mohammed Saeed and U-23 manager Abdulaziz Al-Jeaidi.

Technical staff: Xavi Hernandez (head coach), Sergio Alegre (assistant coach), Oscar Hernandez (assistant coach), Ivan Torres (fitness coach), Xavi Fernando (goalkeeper coach), David Prats (u-23 coach), Sergio Garcia (u-23 assistant coach), Antonio Lobo (technical analyst), Antonio Tramullas (team doctor), Akram Abid (physiotherapist), Carlos Noguera (physiotherapist), Raouf Bougamra (physiotherapist), Admir Cehic (massage therapist), Mina Fayiz (media), Abdelmalik Wahid (team staff), Musa P (team staff) Laris Miah (team staff)

The team will hold the final training session in Doha on the club’s main pitch before leaving for the airport at 7 PM.