Al Sadd Coach happy to be in Qatar, looking to turn results around

Doha, Qatar: New Al Sadd coach Roberto Mancini expressed his happiness to be in Qatar and promised to achieve more victories and accomplishments for t...

Doha, Qatar: New Al Sadd coach Roberto Mancini expressed his happiness to be in Qatar and promised to achieve more victories and accomplishments for the club.

Speaking to Al Sadd’s official website today in his first media statement after taking charge of the first football team, the coach said that the goal is to correct the course by delivering better performances and securing more wins, acknowledging that the current situation appears difficult.

Al Sadd’s management had announced yesterday, Thursday, that it had signed the experienced Italian coach for two and a half seasons to replace Spain’s Felix Sanchez, as part of the club’s efforts to strengthen the technical staff with high-level coaching expertise capable of fulfilling the team’s ambitions and continuing its record of achievements.

Mancini said that the current situation was not befitting of a club of Al Sadd’s stature. He added that his focus will be on improving the team’s condition by gaining a better understanding of the players’ abilities and then making decisions that serve the club’s future.

He added that in football it is difficult to speak about long-term objectives and that it is better to focus on short-term goals, particularly overcoming the current period of poor results.