Qatari top-tier side Al Duhail, home to Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga, will be seeking to wrap the 2021-1022 Qatar Stars League on a winning note when they host Al-Ahly on Thursday, coach Luis Castro has announced.Despite the handful of injuries in camp, Castro has his eyes fixed on collecting maximum points in a match where he intends to give his fringe players a chance.With Al Sadd already declared champions and Duhail confirmed as runner up, Castro says it is only fair to give their fans something to celebrate about in the final round.”Our match against Al-Ahly will be different, there will be a change in the squad for some names and there will be new names that will participate in this match, and there are young players and players returning from injury, and I cannot state the number of minutes Every player played, but we will enter the match to win against Al-Ahly, who wants to improve his position and wants victory. The league is over for us and the result will not change our position, but we want to achieve victory, he told the club website.1.15 Duhail 7.50 Al Ahli Doha 13.0 Pressed to give an assessment of how the team faired throughout the season, the tactician was quick to note that the campaign was marred with myriads of challenges among them are the interruptions to pave way for the tournaments played in between.“It is difficult to assess what we have done this season because of the circumstances we faced. Its focus is on the World Cup, so there were interruptions due to the Arab Championship, which is a very important tournament, and the league went to those who deserved it because Al Sadd won most of the matches and we, in turn, worked hard, but the circumstances did not make us achieve our goals, which is to win titles, but there is still the Emir Cup championship in which we made to the semi-final round,” he said. Meanwhile, Castro heaped praises on the team for what they achieved in the season despite the injuries that creeped mid way.”The team suffered from injuries and the players feel each other, which affects their performance and focus, but the victory comes with focus and Al Duhail lost three league matches despite all the circumstances they went through, and winning with great results gave a great moral boost to the players,” he added.
