Mirel Radoi, the first football team at Al Bataeh Club coach, said that he did not want his team’s match in the first round of the ADNOC Pro League to be against a strong team such as Al Wahda, stressing at the same time that they have no choice but to face off.

Radoi bet that the match will be strong and difficult, indicating that they are facing a team competing to win the championship title, and they have great ambitions that they want to achieve.

He added: The goals of the two teams are different, we will not play relaxed, and we will not allow them to control the course of the game, and continued: They have a good coach I saw when he was coach of Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia and I admire the way he plays.

Radoi stressed the need to play carefully in front of the way the opponent plays, and we may not give all our strength in the first game and this is very normal, and we must be smart and know when to cover spaces and when to recover our energy not only because of the strength of the opponent but also because of the weather.

It’s better for us to get a point or the three points, and not every coach may succeed in achieving the points they want in every game, but playing the first game of the league against a strong team like Al Wahda gives the players great confidence.

AlBataeh coach admitted that a draw against AlWahda is very difficult, especially since the match is held at home and among their fans, but we are ready to play under pressure, and we come out of the match with a result that satisfies our ambitions, and added: Our goal this season is to appear better than the previous season, and we will play very seriously and will not joke in any match we play, and we will play the next match better than the previous one, regardless of the opponent

In a friendly experience of heavy caliber, Al-Bataeh lost his second preparatory experience to Sharjah 1-0, during the confrontation that took place between them in Austria, the headquarters of the two teams’ camp in preparation for the new football season.

The technical director of Al-Bataeh, Merle Radwi, pushed a squad consisting of: Zayed Al-Hammadi, Denny Burgess, Petros Bommal, Muhammad Ahmed, Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Muhammad Rashid Al-Hammadi, Issa Ahmed, Hamad Al-Balushi, Siko Baba, Abdullah Al-Naqbi and Anatol Abang, while Ibrahim Issa also participated as a substitute. For Zayed Al-Hammadi, Radwi Rashad Muhair replaced Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Hamad Al-Balushi came out, Meliki replaced him, and the second session witnessed the exit of Ibrahim Issa and the entry of Rashid Abdullah. Allah Al-Rifai in the second half, instead of Muhammad Ahmed.

Sharjah scored its goal through the Brazilian Luan Pereira, and the match witnessed great seriousness from the two teams, as the match took on a competitive nature, and not everyone who watched it felt that it was friendly, which made it bring great technical benefit to Al-Bataeh.

Al-Bataeh will play a third preparatory match against the Qatari Al-Ahly team on August 3, while he will conclude his matches on August 8 before returning to the country to continue preparing for the next edition of the Andoc Professional League.

The first football team of Al-Bataeh Club inaugurated its preparatory experiences in its camp held in Austria, by defeating the Austrian Bad Waltersdorf team, 2-0, during the match that took place in a rainy atmosphere.

The registration for Al-Bataeh was opened by Cameroonian player Petros Boumal, while his compatriot Anatole Abang ensured the second goal, so the first half ended with this result.

Al-Bataeh technical director Merle Radwi pushed in the first session of the match a squad that included: Zayed Al-Hammadi, Rashid Muhair, Issa Ahmed, Denny Burgess, Ahmed Musa, Petros Bommal, Siko Baba, Anatole Abang, while the trio Salem Tariq , Saud Khalil and Khaled Ahmed also participated with the starting line-up, where Radoy gave them the opportunity to appear in order to stand on their technical and physical levels.

In the second half, Radoi pushed goalkeeper Rashid Abdullah instead of Zayed Al Hammadi, and Ahmed Khalil participated in the place of Anatol Abang and Rashid Badr in the place of Petros Bomal, and the result did not witness anything new and remained the same, so that the match ended with Al-Bataeh winning with two free goals for the Austrian team.

Al-Bataeh continues his preparations, and the technical staff decided to subject the players to recovery exercises on Wednesday morning.

Al-Bataeh team suffered a new loss against Al-Jazira Club, with a score (3/1), during the confrontation that took place between the two teams for the 24th round of the ADNOC Professional League, so that Al-Bataeh’s balance remained frozen at 18 points, while Al-Jazira’s balance became 43 points, so that Al-Bataeh fell to 13th place by goal difference. Dibba Al-Fujairah, while Al-Jazira rose to sixth place in the ranking table.

Al-Bataeh played the Al-Jazira match under the supervision of his new coach, Moataz Abdullah, the former goalkeeper of the UAE national team, who was added to the technical staff to develop the team’s performance in all technical and tactical aspects.

Ali Mabkhout scored the goals of Al-Jazira in the 38th minute, taking advantage of a joint error between the defense and the goalkeeper. The same player added the second goal in the 76th minute, but Al-Bataeh succeeded in reducing the difference in the 84th minute, and Al-Jazira did not wait more than a minute to score the third goal, which decided the match. for his own good.

Al-Bataeh suffered a sudden loss against the Dibba team, with a score (1/0), during the match that brought the two teams together on Tuesday at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah, for the 23rd round of the ADNOC Professional League.

With this result, Al-Bataeh’s balance remained at 18 points in the 12th place, while Dibba Al-Fujairah raised its balance to 15 points in the thirteenth place.

Al-Bataeh did not present the level expected of him in the first half of the game, in which the team retreated unjustifiably, contenting himself with defense, in light of the continuous attack of the guests.

Dibba translated his dominance in the first half by scoring the only goal in the match through Khaled Al Balushi in the 24th minute, to end the first half with Dibba advancing.

Al-Bataeh threw his weight in the second half and launched a fierce attack on Dibba’s goal in order to adjust the score and avoid losing, and the team wasted a number of opportunities, most notably the chance of Cameroonian striker Anatole, who faced Dibba’s goalkeeper, but luck resisted him and the ball did not enter the net.

Al-Bataeh continued his attacking reach at Dibba’s goal, but he was unable to reach the goal, so the match ended with Dibba winning with a single goal.

Saeed Shakhit, the technical director of the first football team at Al-Bataeh Club, said that his squad is ready for the Ajman match, revealing during the introductory press conference that they had corrected mistakes during the recent training so that the team would enter the next match in good technical condition.

Shakhit added, “We prepared the team properly and rearranged the papers so that we can present the expected performance against Ajman and achieve a positive result that supports our journey in the league championship.”

Al-Bataeh coach described the Ajman team as good, and said that it includes good elements who play well.

He hoped that the team would be on its day and be lucky to achieve a positive result, and said that winning the match puts them steps away from achieving the dream of staying in the professional league championship.

Saeed Shakhit expressed his great confidence in all his players and their ability to implement what is required of them in the Ajman match.

For his part, Hamad Al Balushi, midfielder of Al Bataeh Club, described the Ajman match as a mission, indicating that they are striving to achieve a positive result.

He revealed that all his fellow players are ready for the match and promised to work hard in order to reach the result they want.

Hamad Al Balushi expressed his great happiness at facing his former team, Ajman, and his former colleagues.

At the end of his speech, Al-Balooshi wished to obtain points in order to support the team’s career in the league championship.

Moroccan Saeed Shakhit, coach of Al-Bataeh team, described the Sharjah match as difficult, and said that it was against a team competing for the league championship.

And Shakhit added during the introductory press conference, saying: Yes, the match is difficult, but the players feel responsible.

He continued: We were not bad in the previous matches, but we were not lucky in many matches.

Saeed Shakhit hoped that luck would stand by his team in the Sharjah match so that they could achieve a positive result.

He stressed that his squad will strive to appear well during the match.

At the end of his speech, he revealed the absence of the duo, Saif Rashid and Abdullah Kazem, due to the loan law.

Issa Ahmed, the left defender of Al-Bataeh team, assured his coach, Saeed Shakhit, about the difficulty of the match against Sharjah, and said that they will play against one of the strongest clubs in the league, which is competing for the title.

He added during the intro press conference: We will try to do our best, in order to achieve a positive result.

And Issa Ahmed considered that the team played well during the previous matches, and promised to continue on this path against Sharjah.

He added: The team’s position in the ranking table is somewhat reassuring, and we seek to resolve survival before the final rounds, and we are psychologically and mentally prepared for any scenario in the match or season.