Bani Yas struggled to win for the second consecutive game in the Arabian Gulf Football League, and had to settle for a new 1-1 draw away to Al Dhafra, due to lack of ability to take possession of the ball and exploit the many opportunities it received, which seemed to repeat the performance The same as that presented by «heaven» in the face of Ajman, in the first round of competition, which ended in a 2-2 draw.
The official statistics issued by the Professional League Committee after the end of the game, that the percentage of «Samawi» possession of the ball was weak, reaching 38.6%, compared to 61.4% for the owners of the land, and that his players have paid 13 times, including 6 against goalkeeper Khaled Sinani, However, the result was scoring one goal, while the team's possession in the first round match against Ajman weaker, reaching 26.3% only, against 73.7% for «Orange».
The Bani Yas coach, German Winfried Schaefer, admitted in the press conference after the game, that his team is still in the stage of learning, and they are able to correct the situation in the next rounds, and stressed that his players did not succeed in controlling the ball, as they were missing very quickly, especially In the first half they saw a goal in the 36th minute, mediated by Brazilian Joao Pedro.
The coach, who has experience in the nature of the Arabian Gulf League, having previously supervised the training of Al Ain and Al Ahli youth, said: «For me, the team is currently in the learning stage, it is true that we made mistakes, and we have to learn from them, as I mentioned we were losing the ball quickly in half The first, but the performance differed in the second half, because we avoided the idea of a long ball.
Al Dhafra coach Vojak Razovic stressed that possession statistics tended to favor them with nine shots, including two on goal, one resulting from Brazilian Joao Pedro's goal. "We have shown well in the game," the coach told the news conference.