{"id":1636,"date":"2026-01-06T17:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/%d8%a8%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%aa%d8%b4%d9%81%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85%d9%87-%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b8%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%88\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:24:02","slug":"%d8%a8%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%aa%d8%b4%d9%81%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85%d9%87-%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b8%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/%d8%a8%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%aa%d8%b4%d9%81%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85%d9%87-%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b8%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%88\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrovic: We Aim to Make Al Ain\u2019s Task Difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al Dhafra head coach Zeljko Petrovic expressed his pride in his players\u2019 performance following the 3\u20132 victory over Khorfakkan, stressing that the team is now fully focused on the upcoming ADNOC Pro League clash against Al Ain.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the pre-match press conference, Petrovic described Al Ain as a complete and well-balanced team, noting their AFC Champions League pedigree and individual quality. He confirmed the absence of Karim El Berkaoui, Leonard and Gudmundsson, while the readiness of the remaining players will be assessed ahead of the match.<br \/>\nPetrovic highlighted Al Dhafra\u2019s positive progress, pointing out that the team is among the league\u2019s top-scoring sides, and expressed confidence in his players\u2019 ability to compete and deliver a strong performance.<br \/>\nDefender Abdullah Al Karbi underlined the difficulty of facing league leaders Al Ain, calling on Al Dhafra fans to attend and back the team at Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Dhafra head coach Zeljko Petrovic expressed his pride in his players\u2019 performance following the 3\u20132 victory over Khorfakkan, stressing that the team is now fully focused on the upcoming ADNOC Pro League clash against Al Ain. Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Petrovic described Al Ain as a complete and well-balanced team, noting their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1637,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions\/1637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}