The manager of the first football team at Shabab Al-Ahli Club, Khaled Al-Kaabi, expressed his happiness with the victory achieved by the “Dubai Knights” over Baniyas with two goals to one, the day before yesterday, at the conclusion of the matches of the 24th round of the ADNOC Professional League, stressing that the team will fight until the last opportunity. To compete for the title.
Al-Kaabi told Emirates Al-Youm: “Shabab Al-Ahly played a difficult match against Baniyas, but the insistence of the team’s players contributed to achieving victory at the fatal time,” explaining: “We played a decisive match in the race to compete for the league title, and frankly, Baniyas is a strong competitor.” He was stubborn and played a strong match.”
He added: “The match scenario was difficult for Shabab Al-Ahly, especially after the opponent advanced by a goal, but we were able to return to the match by scoring the equalizing goal through Igor Jesus, while we were not successful in adding the second goal, and the match remained suspended until the last minutes.”
He continued: “The nerves were tense among the players, and the same was true for the technical staff, but our confidence in the team was not shaken, and there is no doubt that scoring the victory goal in the seventh minute of stoppage time restored our hopes of competing for the league title.”
Al-Kaabi stressed that Shabab Al-Ahly is committed to competing for first place until the last opportunity available to it in the tournament, and said: “We know that the competition is difficult, but for our part, we will cling to our chances, and we will give everything we have until the last round of the competition.”
He talked about facing Al-Wasl in the 25th round next Sunday, and said: “It is certainly a decisive match, and it will largely determine the identity of the league champion.”
The manager of Shabab Al-Ahly praised the Al-Wasl team, and said: “We are playing against a strong and stubborn competitor, who has presented very good levels since the beginning of the season, and has a determination to win the league title, but at the same time from our side we also have a strong determination to provide our best to win the match.” .
At the end of his statements, Al-Kaabi thanked the Shabab Al-Ahly players and said: “I thank the players for their efforts during the Baniyas match, as the goal that we scored in the fatal time confirms that the team is giving everything it has, and is fighting to continue its victories and get closer to the top of the standings, while “I hope we will continue in the same vein and appear in the best possible way against Al Wasl.”
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