This evening, the introductory press conference was held for the Baniyas match against Ittihad Kalba for the twelfth round of the ADNOC Professional League, in the presence of coach Darko Milanic and player Ahmed Shehda.

The coach spoke at the beginning of his speech, pointing out that it is an important match against a difficult team, but Baniyas will enter the match without great pressure, and his goal is to provide a high level and show the desire and enthusiasm to achieve a positive result.

The coach added: "We want to continue with the desire and spirit that we had in the previous match. Despite not achieving victory, the desire was clear among the players, which is what we would like to continue in the next match."

Milanic continued: “We have studied the Ittihad Kalba team and we know what their strengths and weaknesses are, and we will try to focus on them so that we can come out with a win and full points.”

Speaking about the team’s offensive effectiveness, the coach explained: “At the beginning of the season, we were scoring goals and creating few chances, but now the situation has become the opposite, as we are creating many chances, but we are not translating them into goals, and this is what we are currently working on, which is exploiting opportunities and translating them into goals, etc. What we need is more confidence and seriousness in front of goal."

As for the team’s readiness for this confrontation, the coach explained that Gaston Suarez, who was injured in the previous match and was forced to leave the match, is still absent from training, which makes there great doubts about his participation in the next match. Other than that, everyone is ready for this confrontation.”

Player Ahmed Shehda also spoke, who explained that the team wants to correct the course and achieve victory on its home field, noting that the team played a distinguished match against Shabab Al-Ahly, but was not lucky in achieving victory.

Speaking about the opponent, Ittihad Kalba, Shehdeh explained: “We know the difficulty of the match against Ittihad Kalba, and we see the good levels they are showing this season, but we are determined to achieve victory and satisfy Al-Samawi fans. Our goal is to end the year with victory.”