Al-Sadd resumes training after a break

The Al-Sadd football first team resumed training on Sunday after a two-day break which followed the 2-1 win over Al-Ahli in the QNB Stars League.

Sunday’s session was held without ten players who have been called up to the Qatar senior and Olympic teams combined squad (Saad Al-Dosari, Khoukhi Boualem, Musab Kheder, Hassan Al-Haydos, Salem Al-Hajri, Hassan Ahmed, Fahad Shanin, Meshaal Al-Shammari, Yousef Abdulrazaq, Abdelrazaq Hamedallah and Meshaal Barshim), in addition to Morteza Pouraliganji and Baghdad Bounedjah who have joined the Iranian and Algerian national teams respectively.

Meanwhile, Xavi, Pedro and Jugurtha Hamroun continued with their recuperation programme under the supervision of the first team medical staff. Xavi is suffering from a back muscle injury while Pedro sustained a shoulder injury in the game against Al-Rayyan. As for Hamroun, he is undergoing treatment for inflammation.

Training on Sunday witnessed Ali Asad, Yasser Abubakar and Ahmed Bader Sayyar take to the pitch alongside the U23 team, which is preparing to face Umm Salal in the Group B match from Round 3 of the QSL Cup. The match is set to be played on Tuesday at the Al-Khor Stadium.