The first football team of Al-Bataeh Club lost its match against Shabab Al-Ahly with a score (3/0), during the confrontation that brought them together at Rashid Stadium in Dubai, within the 22nd round of the ADNOC Professional League, so that Al-Bataeh remained in the 18th spot in 12th place, while Shabab Al-Ahly held the lead with a score. 49 points.

Shabab Al-Ahly scored Kartabia in the 16th minute from a penalty kick, Yuri Cesar in the 35th minute, and Igor Jesus from a penalty kick in the 3rd minute of stoppage time.

Absences dominated the Al-Bataeh squad, as a number of influential players were absent for various reasons, as Issa Ahmed and Saeed Suwaidan were not included in the starting line-up of the team because they received the red card in the previous match against Ajman, and Abdullah Abbas was also absent due to illness, and the team coach Saeed did not participate. The duo, Lawrence and Joao Pedro, feared that they would receive the third yellow card, which might prevent them from participating in the next match against Dibba Al-Fujairah, and Mohammed Khalfan was also not present due to injury.

Al-Bataeh goalkeeper Zayed Al-Hammadi continued his remarkable brilliance, saving a number of dangerous opportunities, and the player was honored before the start of the match with the Best Player Award for March in the ADNOC Professional League.

Al-Bataeh had some opportunities in front of Al-Ahly youth goal, but she missed the final touch.

Moroccan Saeed Shakit, coach of Al-Bataeh, described the Al-Dhafra match as normal, and said that dealing with it will be like the rest of the matches.

He revealed during the introductory press conference that he will work to win the three points, and that he is confident in his players’ ability to do so.

He added, “If you want to stay in the professional league, you have to win the matches at home, and we are striving to achieve that.”

Shakhit said that the Ajman match in the President’s Cup was exhausting for the players, stressing at the same time that their goals and ambitions would make them defeat fatigue and circumstances.

Shakhit said that his team does not suffer from injuries and all the players are fine, revealing at the same time the absence of the duo, Khamis Ismail and Haboush Saleh, wishing that they would return quickly to the team to benefit from their services.

He continued, saying: It is very good for us to play our next matches at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium, because it is the stadium that we have been training on and are accustomed to.

He added: I hope that the Khaled bin Mohammed Stadium will be a good omen for us as we play the first match in it.

Saeed Shakhit thanked the players for the levels they presented during the previous matches and the spirit they showed, even though they were playing matches away from their stadium.

He concluded his speech by saying: Now the situation is different, and the team will play its matches while it is in a very good physical condition because they will not travel long distances to play the matches that are held on their land, and he added: We kept going long distances to play our matches, but now the situation is good because we will play at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium, which is what It will make us perform well and achieve results that satisfy us.

For his part, Muhammad Al-Shehhi, the midfield player of Al-Bataeh team, agreed with his coach Saeed Shakhit, describing the Al-Dhafra match as normal, like the rest of the other matches.

Al-Shehhi confirmed the team’s readiness to play the Al Dhafra match, revealing that they will work to take advantage of their strengths and the opponent’s weaknesses.

He added, during the presentation press conference: If we win the match, it will be a great motivation for us, and if we do not win, the season will be long for us, and we can compensate in other matches.

He revealed that they corrected the mistakes that appeared in the Ajman match, so that they would not be repeated in the next match against Al Dhafra.

He added, “Each match has its own circumstances, and the tactics of the Ajman match differ from the tactics that we will rely on in front of Al Dhafra.”

Muhammad Al-Shehhi said at the end of his speech that they entered the Ajman match suffering from great fatigue because of the effort they made in the Khorfakkan match, which affected them.

Al-Bataeh achieved a precious victory over Al-Nasr with a score (2/0), which was sponsored by his Brazilian wing, Lawrence Du, during the confrontation that took place between them at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah, for the 25th round of the ADNOC Professional League, and with this result, Al-Bataeh put three new points, bringing his score to 21 points. In twelfth place, two points behind its rival, Dibba Al-Fujairah, while Al-Nasr’s balance stood at 24 points in ninth place.

It is considered the first victory for Al-Bataeh at Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium, under the leadership of its national coach, Captain Moataz Abdullah, who took over the task to succeed Moroccan Saeed Chakhit, to return the team to the path of victories again, after the absence of 14 rounds, in which Al-Bataeh did not taste the taste of victory.

Al-Bataeh played the match differently from the previous matches, as he showed on the performance of his players the return of fighting spirit, teamwork and the desire to achieve victories, and his coach Moataz Abdullah made some adjustments to the starting line-up, as he pushed Saif Rashid from the start and he was always participating in the second session. He also included Hamad Al-Balushi instead of Muhammad Al-Shehhi, who appeared in the second half, while he relied on Issa Ahmed at the left back, instead of Abdullah Abbas, who was used by Moataz in the second session.

Brazilian Lawrence Du succeeded in decoding the Nasraoui defense in the 52nd and 80th minutes, to gift Al-Bataeh the three most expensive points this season, to revive the team’s hopes of staying in the professional league.

Al-Bataeh team lost to Ajman (2/1), during the match that took place between them, at Rashid bin Saeed Stadium in Ajman, in the quarter-finals of the President’s Cup, to bid farewell to the competition, Al-Bataeh.

The match was exciting and strong on the part of the two teams, especially Al-Bataeh, who seemed to be the best organizational and tactical, and led a number of attacks on Ajman’s goal, but it missed the final touch that put it into the net.

Ajman surprised Al-Bataeh with the first goal in the (32nd) minute through Ali Madan, taking advantage of the mistake of goalkeeper Zayed Al-Hammadi, who tried to deflect the ball that reached him from Mohammed Khalfan.

Ajman was able to add the second goal through Firas Belarabi in the minute (46), to end the first half with the superiority of the landowners.

Al-Bataeh’s performance improved in the second half, and he extended his control over the stadium, thanks to the positive movements of Cameroonian player Anatole and Lawrence. Defender Artur Georgy was able to reduce the difference in the minute (64) with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, with which the attempts of Ajman goalkeeper Adel Al-Hosani failed.

Al-Bataeh almost scored the equalizing goal through Anatole, but Adel Al-Hosani saved Ajman from a powerful header by the Cameroonian player, as he pushed it away with difficulty, so that the match ended with Ajman winning 2-0.

Al-Bataeh Football Company announced that it has signed a contract with the Romanian coach, Merle Radoi, to lead the first team during the new football season, which begins next August.

Radoi began his coaching career in 2015 when he led Steaua Bucharest, then worked as a sports director for the Romanian Olympic team, then as its technical director, before taking over the leadership of the first Romanian national team, then the Universitatea Craiova club in his country, and finally the Saudi club Al-Tai.

It is noteworthy that Radoi (42 years) began his professional career as a “player” in the Arab stadiums with Al Hilal Saudi Arabia in the 2009-2011 season, coming from Steaua Bucharest club, and achieved with him the league title twice and the Crown Prince Cup three times in a row, before moving after that to Al Ain UAE. And from him to his countryman Al-Ahly and finally the Qatari Arab.

Radoi, who played 67 international matches, won three Romanian league titles with Steaua Bucharest, two titles with Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia, and the same with Al-Ahly of the Emirates.