{"id":2028,"date":"2026-02-11T17:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:00:41","slug":"petrovic-i-expect-a-tough-match-at-al-bataeh-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/petrovic-i-expect-a-tough-match-at-al-bataeh-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrovic: I expect a tough match at Al Bataeh Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"264\">Montenegrin coach <strong data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"92\">\u017deljko Petrovi\u0107<\/strong>, head coach of <strong data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"126\">Al Dhafra Club<\/strong>, expects a difficult match for his team when they visit <strong data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"196\">Al Bataeh<\/strong> this Friday, as part of the <strong data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"263\">16th round of the ADNOC Pro League<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"266\" data-end=\"477\">This came during the pre-match press conference held on Wednesday evening at the press conference hall of <strong data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"410\">Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium<\/strong> in Madinat Zayed, attended by team defender <strong data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"476\">Abdullah Al Karbi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"933\">Petrovi\u0107 confirmed that his main objective since taking charge of the team at the beginning of the season has been to <strong data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"667\">ensure Al Dhafra\u2019s survival in the ADNOC Pro League<\/strong>, expressing his hope to achieve this goal without pressure. He urged the players to play real football that reflects their true capabilities, and to remain optimistic and confident in their ability to improve the team\u2019s situation until the end of the season in May.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"1157\">The Montenegrin coach also praised the club\u2019s recent new signings, both foreign and local players, noting that they represent <strong data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1090\">fresh blood for the squad<\/strong> and strengthen the team\u2019s technical options in the upcoming phase.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1509\">For his part, <strong data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1194\">Abdullah Al Karbi, the team defender<\/strong> stressed the importance of the match against Al Bataeh, pointing out that both teams are in <strong data-start=\"1290\" data-end=\"1336\">direct competition in the league standings<\/strong>. He confirmed that the players are aiming for a positive result in the match, and expressed his hope that the team will receive strong support from its fans at the stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montenegrin coach \u017deljko Petrovi\u0107, head coach of Al Dhafra Club, expects a difficult match for his team when they visit Al Bataeh this Friday, as part of the 16th round of the ADNOC Pro League. This came during the pre-match press conference held on Wednesday evening at the press conference hall of Hamdan bin Zayed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028","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\/2028","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2029,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions\/2029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}