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.
Al-Bataeh tied with its host, Bani Yas, with a score of “2/2”, during the match that took place between them at Bani Yas Stadium in the 16th round of the U-21 Professional League. Abdullah Saleh and Saud Khalil scored the goals of Al-Bataeh, and with this result, Al-Bataeh reached the points (16). In the 11th place, after a rebound, Al-Bataeh made it, who was two goals behind without a response, but he did not lose hope and fought until he achieved what he wanted to get a valuable point.
Moroccan Saeed Shakhit, the coach of the first football team at Al-Bataeh Club, said that the match will be strong, explaining that Al-Wehda is competing for the championship while Al-Bataeh is competing to stay in the professional league. Shakhit added during the introductory press conference, saying: My team is ready for the match and we are seeking to return with a positive result, and our goal is to stay in the league. The professionals, whom we are playing for the first time, and he continued, saying: We kept playing great matches and great levels with the testimony of everyone, and Shakhit confirmed that when they play in front of the big clubs they play well and even the loss is logical, and he said that they always strive to achieve a positive result in front of the clubs competing with them if they do not win they draw on At the very least, Saeed Shakhit expressed his satisfaction with the results of all the matches he played with Al-Bataeh, and said that they were close to winning the last match against Bani Yas, but they came out with a point he described as positive, revealing at the same time that they had learned a lesson that matches end with the referee’s whistle only, and he added He said: If we succeed in drawing with Al-Wahda, I will consider it a victory because we are playing against a competitor for the championship, but our competing clubs must beat them or go out together. Indicate the worst case.
Hamdan Nasser, defender of the first football team at Al-Bataeh club, admitted the difficulty of the match against Al-Wehda team, and stressed at the same time that there is no impossible in football, and he said during the introductory press conference: My colleagues will live up to the confidence placed on them by the head of the football company, management and technical staff, and achieve a result Positive, and he added: Collecting points in front of big clubs is a good thing and gives us confidence, especially when you are outside your stadium, and revealed that they play matches in front of competing clubs as if they were finals and fateful confrontations, and winning them with six points, not three, and he continued: I think that a draw against our rival clubs is a good thing because we We avoid losing, and the team is living in a positive state, especially after reaching the quarter-finals of the President’s Cup, and he said that the team has been presenting good levels with the current technical staff and with direct support from the company’s president and management, and we will not give up our goal to remain in the professional league, and he considered that what happened against Bani happens a lot in football The foot, but it is calculated for his teammates that they corrected the situation and succeeded in achieving a draw, indicating that they held on and did not lose the match. Hamdan Nasser, defender of the first football team at Al-Bataeh club, admitted the difficulty of the match against Al-Wehda team, and stressed at the same time that there is no impossible in football, and he said during the introductory press conference: My colleagues will live up to the confidence placed on them by the head of the football company, management and technical staff, and achieve a result Positive, and he added: Collecting points in front of big clubs is a good thing and gives us confidence, especially when you are outside your stadium, and revealed that they play matches in front of competing clubs as if they were finals and fateful confrontations, and winning them with six points, not three, and he continued: I think that a draw against our rival clubs is a good thing because we We avoid losing, and the team is living in a positive state, especially after reaching the quarter-finals of the President’s Cup, and he said that the team has been presenting good levels with the current technical staff and with direct support from the company’s president and management, and we will not give up our goal to remain in the professional league, and he considered that what happened against Bani happens a lot in football The foot, but it is calculated for his teammates that they corrected the situation and succeeded in achieving a draw, indicating that they held on and did not lose the match.
Al-Bataeh lost to Al-Wehda (1/2) during the match that took place between them at Al Nahyan Stadium in Al-Wehda Club for the 17th round of the ADNOC Professional League.
Moroccan Saeed Chakhit, coach of Al-Bataeh, pushed a squad consisting of: Abdullah Youssef, Artur Georgi, Hamdan Nasser, Muhammad Khalfan, Issa Ahmed, Joao Pedro, Kwame, Muhammad Al-Shehhi, Lawrence Do, Seiko Baba and Anatoly, and in the second half, Hamad Jassim substituted for Al-Shehhi and Saif Rashid substituted for Seiko Baba.
With this result, Al-Bataeh’s balance remained at 15 points, in the eleventh place in the standings table.
The first half ended in a goalless draw, and Siko Baba almost put Al-Bataeh in the lead, but he was unlucky when he dodged the Al-Wahda defense and confronted the goalkeeper, but the latter managed to push the ball away with difficulty.
The level rose in the second half, and Al-Wahda advanced through Tabagali in the 51st minute. Joao Pedro missed the opportunity to adjust the score when the referee awarded a penalty kick to Al-Bataeh, but the player missed it at the 61st minute.
Lawrence ensured that Al-Bataeh scored the equalizer with a shot from outside the penalty area, with which all attempts by the Al-Wahda goalkeeper to clear it failed at the 63rd minute.
Al-Wehda player Abdullah Hamad was injured and failed to complete the match, to be transported by ambulance to the hospital.
Al-Wahda managed to score the second goal at the 105th minute through substitute player Facundo. Al-Bataeh lost the match despite the outstanding level and combat performance, especially in the second half.
Moroccan Saeed Chakhit, coach of Al-Bataeh, thanked the players for the fighting spirit with which they played in front of Al-Wehda during the match that brought the two teams together on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, which ended in favor of Al-Wehda with a score of (2/1) for the 17th round of the ADNOC Professional League.
Shakhit said during the press conference after the match: We congratulate Al-Wahda for winning the match, and we deserved to come up with a point, but we failed to do so, but we played a great match, and I thank the players for this fighting spirit.
He added: We lost the match in the last minute of the time-out, which I think increased slightly, but the referees are human beings who make mistakes and make mistakes, and this is how football is.
He concluded his speech: We turned the page on the Al-Wehda match, and opened the file for the next match against Khorfakkan
Al-Bataeh lost to Al-Wasl (2/0) in a friendly match that took place between them at Zabeel Stadium in Al-Wasl Club, as part of its preparations for its next match against Khorfakkan, scheduled for Thursday, March 2nd, in the ADNOC Professional League.
Moroccan Saeed Shakhit pushed a squad that was dominated by the substitute players and the players of the reserve team, with the aim of preparing them in anticipation of being used in official matches.
The match was strong and exciting between the two teams, and Al Wasl scored its first goal in the 27th minute, which was the goal that ended the first half.
In the second half, Al-Bataeh tried to adjust the score and launched fierce attacks on Al-Wasl goal, but it missed the final touch.
Al-Wasl club added its second goal at the 85th minute, so the match ended with Al-Wasl winning with two free goals for Al-Bataeh.
Moroccan Saeed Chakhit, coach of the Al-Bataeh team, speaking during the press conference introducing the Khorfakkan match, which will be held on Thursday, corresponding to March 2, 2023, for the 18th round of the ADNOC Professional League.
Shakhit said: Everyone knows that the Khorfakkan match will be strong, and the opponent wants to continue its good results, after defeating Sharjah.
He added, “We played well against Al-Wahda, and we will work to repeat that brilliance in the Khorfakkan match, and to benefit from the mistakes we made previously.”
And he continued his speech, saying: My team is ready for the match, and we will strive to achieve a positive result, which supports the journey of our continuation in the league.
He also said: We deal with matches by piece, and our focus now is on the Khorfakkan match and its result will explain to us a lot of things related to our future in the league, and after that we will think about the Al Dhafra match.
Shakhit continued: We dealt with mistakes during training, so that they would not be repeated in the upcoming matches, and we will appear differently in the Khorfakkan match.
And he continued his speech: The development that the team has now reached was achieved through a collective effort between the company’s board of directors, the technical committee, the technical staff, and all members of the team. Everyone stood with us and supported us, and I thank them all.
He concluded his speech: Al-Anbari is a dear friend before he was a colleague, and I have a distinguished relationship with him, and the confrontation with him will be (Emirati-Moroccan), and God willing, it will be our share, and frankly Al-Anbari presents a great artistic work with Khorfakkan, and I am very happy for him.
For his part, Fahd Sabeel, the player of Al-Bataeh Club, described the Khorfakkan match as a mission, and said that winning it was six points, not three, given that he is a direct competitor to them in the league.
And he added during the presentation conference: I thank Captain Saeed Shakhit for his confidence in me and for bringing him back to me again to play matches, and I will fight to be as confident as the coach, the technical staff, my fellow players and all team members.
He continued, saying: We will play seriously and with full respect for the opponent in order to achieve a positive result.
And he continued his speech, saying: Captain Saeed Shakhit treats us as his brothers and not just players, and deals with us with all credibility and frankness, and all players are equal to him, and he does not differentiate between them, and he is always with the player and not against him.
He concluded by saying: All the players in the team had the opportunity to participate and they were all up to the responsibility.
Moroccan Saeed Shakhit, the coach of the first football team at Al-Bataeh Club, said during the press conference presenting the Ittihad Kalba match: The match will be very difficult, especially since we are out of defeat in our last match against Al Ain, so we will seek compensation against Ittihad Kalba, and we are ready for this match and we want to win points. The three are in order to support our journey in the ADNOC Professional League, and we must strive and adventure to achieve our goal, and I hope that God will help us in this match, and I think that Al-Bataeh deserves to be in the UAE Professional League, after giving and good returns during the previous matches, we just need the luck that abandoned us in many matches,
The Brazilian Douglas, the player of the first team in Al-Bataeh Club, said during the press conference introducing the Ittihad Kalba match that they did a great tactical job during the recent training, and they will work to implement it during the Saturday match as requested by the coach, in order to win the three points in full, so that we can leave the stadium and we are happy, and he added: I am a new player in the team, so I will strive to do my best with my fellow players in order to please the management and the fans
