AlBataeh won three precious points after defeating Ittihad Kalba 2/1, during the match that took place between the two teams at Kalba Stadium, for the 15th round of the ADNOC Pro League, to raise Al-Bataeh’s score to 19 points and advance towards seventh place.

Kalba advanced with the first goal in the 37th minute, but their joy did not last long, so that Cameroonian striker Anatole Abang could modify the result for AlBataeh in the 45th minute, when he treated the reverse of Mohamed Juma Pele with a header with which all attempts of Ittihad Kalba goalkeeper failed.

In the 63rd minute, the brilliant Anatole was able to add the second goal for Al-Bataeh, with a great individual effort by passing from two defenders, before putting the ball in the goal with ease.

Kalba tried to amend the result, and made more than one chance, but the defense and behind them goalkeeper Darwish Mohammed were on the lookout for them, to end the match with the victory of Anatol’s comrades.

Croatian coach Goran Tomic said in the evaluation press conference after the match:

I am very happy with the performance and result of the team, and a different spirit after the Al-Wahda match, after which we made many decisions, and this is the real spirit of the team, which we did not have against Al-Wahda team, and I think that the result is deserved, and the performance of the players seemed serious from the beginning of the match until the end