Romanian coach Mirel Radoi admitted his concern about the upcoming match against Shabab Al Ahli, justifying his concern that he is facing one of the strongest clubs in the UAE, in addition to being the defending champion of the father, Wri, adding:

It will not be an easy match, I know that very well, but I hope that we come out of it happy and satisfied with the result, and in order to achieve this, we must reduce the danger of the distinguished players in the ranks of the opponent and play in front of them carefully and not to tamp the spaces for them.

Radoi continued:

We trained well for this game, we know their strengths and how they play and they have weaknesses like other clubs.

Radoi stressed that Shabab Al Ahli is the strongest team currently in the championship accounts so far, indicating that it scored five goals and conceded only one goal.

Al-Bataeh coach continued to flirt with Shabab Al-Ahli, revealing that it is a good team not only at the local level, but also proved its efficiency in the Asian Championship when it played a great match against the Saudi team Al-Nasr on the latter’s land and in front of its fans despite the loss, which he said took place in just two minutes.

For his part, offensive winger SekouBaba Gassama confirmed their readiness as players for the Shabab Al-Ahli match, promising to give everything they have in order to get a satisfactory result.

He continued during the introductory conference :

We know very well that the match will not be easy for us and it is normal because we are playing against the champion team, and both teams have ambitions that they strive to achieve, and we will strive to put our dreams on the ground.

He added:

We will try to play with high concentration in order to get a positive result and we want to continue our outstanding appearance in the current edition of the league as it did in the previous two games.

Sekou Baba admitted that he rarely scores goals but seeks to give his best in order for his team to win, and revealed that he will strive to score goals during the upcoming matches.

Al-Bataeh suffered a huge loss against Al-Ain, amounting to five goals to none, during the match that took place between them, at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah, in the first leg of the first round of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup competition.

Al-Bataeh did not present the performance expected of him in the match for several reasons, most notably the changes that occurred in the squad, as the Romanian coach, Mirel Radoi, pushed a number of elements that did not participate mainly, in order to prepare them and enter them into the formal matches, and goalkeeper Zayed Al-Hammadi participated for the first time since the beginning of the current season. While the main goalkeeper, Ibrahim Issa, sat on the bench, and defender Abdullah Al-Rifai appeared in the place of the veteran Muhammad Ahmed, and Anatole also disappeared before appearing in the second session, in addition to the team losing its left back, Rashid Muhair, after only 12 minutes had passed from the start of the match due to injury, to replace him. Ahmed Mohamed, who makes his first appearance with the first team.

Al-Bataeh had several chances in front of the goal, but they lacked the final touch. Cameroonian Anatole had scored a goal, but the referee ruled it out for offside after returning to the VAR technique. The final minutes of the match did not witness anything new, so the match ended with Al-Bataeh losing by five goals to nothing.

Al Bataeh team coach, Mirel Radoui, spoke during the introductory press conference for the Al Ain match, in the second leg of the first round of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup competition, saying:

Al Ain gave us a harsh lesson in the first leg, when they beat us by five, but we learned from this lesson and came away with many benefits that will help us in the upcoming matches, as we recognized the mistakes we made and worked to remedy them so that they would not be repeated in the future.

He added:

The result of the first match made Al Ain close to qualifying for the next candidate. Logic says so, but we will not throw away the handkerchief and we will cling to the chance we have, even if it is 1%. We will not give up and we will fight until the last minute.

I do not have any information or details about the Al Ain team before the return match, but I knew that they would lose a number of essential elements, and this does not concern me as much as I care about preparing my team in the required manner to give its best.

Radoy continued:

The pause period was very beneficial for my team, as we were able to regain our physical level, and I also had enough time to adjust some tactical matters in preparation for changing the tactical method in the upcoming matches.

For his part, Al-Bataeh Square midfielder Maliki confirmed his team’s readiness for the Al Ain match, and said during the introductory press conference:

The atmosphere in the team is great. Everyone is ready to play the Al Ain match and strive to achieve a positive result to compensate for the huge loss we suffered in the first leg.

He continued, saying:

We learned a lot from the first match, and we will fight until the last moment in order to achieve what we want, and football always favors those who shed sweat and work hard.

AlBataeh came out with a point from its match against Kalba, which took place between them at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah for the second round of the ADNOC Pro League, which ended in a goalless draw, thus adding AlBataeh the fourth point, and continues its steadfastness against Kalba, refusing to lose to it for the fourth time in a row since the promotion to the Professional League.

The match saw the referee expel Kalba coach Farhad Majidi, for his repeated protests against refereeing decisions.

AlBataeh coach Mirel Radoi adopted a balanced way of playing in defense and attack, and the squad succeeded in applying the tactical method, but only lacked goals.

With the passage of time, AlBataeh gradually approached the visitors’ goal, and Cameroonian Anatole almost visited the net, but he did not succeed in dealing with Sekou Baba’s pass to miss an opportunity for Al-Bataeh to settle the match in the 37th minute to end the first half with a goalless draw.

In the second half, AlBataeh revealed his real desire to win the result of the match, through the attacks that led him towards the goal of Kalba, but it lacked the final touch, and the referee canceled a goal for AlBataeh scored by Anatol after returning to the mouse technique for offside.

The final minutes of the match did not witness anything new, and the match ended in a goalless draw.

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Romanian coach Mirel Radoi pushed the Bataeh with a squad that included: Ibrahim Issa, Issa Ahmed, Rashid Muhair, Mohammed Ahmed, Maliki, Boumal, Hamad Al Balushi, Abdullah Al Naqbi, Sekou Baba, Ismail Al Zaabi and Anatole.

Romanian coach Mirel Radoi said that his team will not be an easy catch in Al Ain match, stressing that the opponent must make a tremendous effort if he wants to win.

He added during the introductory press conference for the Al Ain match in the first round of the ADIB Cup: We will face the team that played the final last season in this tournament, and it will be a difficult match for us but it will not be easy for Al Ain team either

” There is a difference between the two teams, in terms of the name of the team and the level of the players, I know that because I played in Al Ain Club for three seasons, I know the mentality in Al Ain team and I know how everyone thinks there from the youngest worker to the chairman of the club, everyone wants to win all the matches.”

Radoi called on his players to play with concentration, and not to give gifts to the opponent and added: We do not want to give any gifts to the opponent and they have to do their best if they want to win the match, and it will be difficult for any opponent to win us easily.

He also said: Al Ain is a big team and big clubs aspire to win all the championships, and we will treat the match as if it were a league match because we always accuse in the next match.

AlBataeh coach acknowledged the difficulty of the atmosphere in which the matches are held these days, and stressed that it is very difficult to play difficult matches every 48 hours in this weather and at the same physical and technical level.

He revealed that he will make adjustments to his starting lineup, and expected Al Ain to enter the match with a combination that differs from that which participates in the league matches.

For his part, Ali Al Dhanhani, revealed that their preparations for the match are normal like any other match, stressing their great respect for Al Ain team. He said during the introductory press conference: ” We have to focus a lot in this match and perform at the expected level in order to achieve a positive result. He continued: ” I hope that God will help us in the first leg and achieve a result that will help us in the second leg and qualify for the second round.”

For his part, Al-Bataeh player Ali Al-Dhanhani revealed that their preparations for the match are normal, like any other match, stressing their great respect for Al-Ain team.

He said during the introductory press conference: We have to focus a lot on this match and present the expected level in order to achieve a positive result.

He continued, saying: I hope that God will help us in the first leg and achieve a result that will help us in the second leg and qualify for the second round.

Al-Bataeh achieved a historic victory over Al-Wehda team at home and in the midst of its fans, 2-1, during the match that took place between them in the first round of the ADNOC Professional League for the 2023-2024 season.

This is Al-Bataeh’s first victory over Al-Wahda since the team’s promotion to the Professional League last season, causing a resounding surprise at the start of the tournament.

Al-Bataeh opened the scoring through Cameroonian Antol in the 5th minute, who had a cross pass from Abdullah Al-Naqbi left behind the defenders, to treat it properly inside Al-Wahda’s goal.

The unit was able to adjust the result through a penalty kick that Pedro tackled and scored from it at the minute (19).

Performance decreased somewhat, and play was confined to the middle of the field, with a lack of real opportunities in front of the goal.

In the second half, Al-Bataeh played in a balanced manner between attack and defense, as Al-Bataeh coach Radwi defended intelligently, and relied on a method of pressuring the opponent in his court and not allowing them to advance forward.

And Al-Bataeh succeeded in scoring the winning goal from a counterattack by Olivera, in which he hit Al-Wahda defense after making Paulo Henrique in the 85th minute.

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

The football company of Al Bataeh Club held its first meeting after the issuance of the new formation decision by H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, at the company’s headquarters in Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah, headed by H.E. Khalfan Saif Al Musafari and in the presence of members Faisal Jaafar Al Yafei, Ali Salem Al Ketbi, Mohammed Salem Al Ketbi, Mohammed Obaid Al Ketbi, Sulaiman bin Dabel Al Naqbi and Nasser Saeed Al Tunaiji.

Where matters related to the company were discussed, and tasks were distributed among the members of the management, where the vice president of the company, the general supervisor of the first team, the reserve and the head of the technical committee were named, and the supervisor of the football academy, the legal committee and the strategic committee were appointed, and the head of the media committee was named, and the head of the Finance and Human Resources Committee was chosen, and the administration chose the head of the marketing and investment committee.

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.