This evening, the introductory press conference was held for the Baniyas match against Shabab Al Ahly for the eleventh round of the ADNOC Professional League, in the presence of coach Darko Milanic and player Sasha Ivkovic.

The coach explained at the beginning that it was an important and difficult match against a big team like Shabab Al-Ahly, who have a high quality of players.

He added: "Despite their loss in the last match against Al-Wasl in the cup tournament, this does not detract from the Shabab Al-Ahly team, as it was able to win with a wide score in the last match in the league, and this confirms the difficulty of the match."

He continued: "We must have high morale in this match and be highly focused throughout the course of the match, as against the big teams we must take advantage of half chances and translate them into goals."

He continued: “Shabab Al-Ahly plays with great tactics and puts a lot of pressure when they lose the ball. Therefore, we have to be very focused throughout the match to be able to come out with a positive result.”

Speaking about the negative results in the last two matches, the coach explained that the team lacked the final touch in front of the goal, which cost the team the loss of points, as we must have more confidence in front of the goal to score the opportunities that are available to us.

As for the readiness of Baniyas, the coach confirmed that all players for this match are available to participate, including Fawaz Awana, who missed the previous match due to injury.

Sasha: “We must focus throughout the match and wait for the support of our fans.”

The player Sasha also spoke, who confirmed that facing Shabab Al-Ahly is a difficult and big confrontation, as they are a team that has high quality and achieves distinguished results, so we must be at our best to come out with a positive result.

As for the reason for Al-Samawi receiving several goals this season, Sasha explained that the responsibility of the defense line lies with the entire team. We also spoke with the technical staff about the mistakes that occurred and we must correct them in the upcoming matches.

In the end, Sasha sent a message to Al-Samawi fans and urged them to come and support the team in this confrontation so that the team can give everything it has in this important confrontation against Shabab Al-Ahly. He stressed that their presence gives the players incentive to come out with a positive result and make these fans happy.