This evening, the introductory press conference for the Baniyas match against Al Wasl was held for the 16th round of the Pro League Cup, which will be held at Al Shamkha Stadium. The press conference was attended by coach Daniel Isaila and player Ahmed Shehda.

Romanian coach described it as a new and important tournament for us. We have aspirations to go far and compete for this tournament, which is one of the team's goals this season.

He also spoke about Al-Wasl team, which commented: “Al-Wasl is a distinguished team and they have high-quality players and they will also fight to compete for this title.

He added: "We faced Al Wasl in the same tournament last season, and it was a difficult match, but we were able to eliminate them and cross, so I expect it to be a difficult match.

He also indicated: "Al-Wasl has all the ingredients to be one of the competing teams, as it has many players who are able to make the difference, and I am surprised by their current position in the table.

Commenting on Baniyas' performance so far this season, Isila commented: "I am not happy with what we have done so far this season, as we can do better than this level and I am sure that we will improve over time."

Regarding the return of matches after the international break, the coach commented: “We know that there are many interruptions this season, due to the World Cup qualifiers, but we have to live with the situation. We prepared well after the stop period.

While he talked about the absence of Al-Samawi for this meeting, he confirmed the absence of Isaac Thelin, who was injured in the last match against Al Nasr, which required his change him during the match, and the absence of Hassan Al Muharrami and Khaled Al Attas continues to be injured.

The player Ahmed Shehda also spoke, emphasizing the coach's words: "We will try to go far in this tournament and win the first match at our stadium in front of Al-Wasl."

He added: "This match differs from our previous match against Al-Wasl in the league, as the cup matches do not matter the performance as much as the result of the match and the passage to the next round."

At the end of his speech, Ahmed Shehda sent a message to Al-Samawi fans to attend and support this match, which will be played on the grounds of Baniyas Stadium, and stressed that the team needs the fans to form the moral motivation to win this confrontation.