Al Dhafra team player, Khaled Butti, expressed his hope to repeat the achievement of reaching the final of the President’s Cup for the third time in a row, and that the “third is fixed” by achieving the title for the first time in the club’s history, pointing out that they still feel the pity to cancel the last season, which His team had reached the final of the cup against Al Ain, before the decision to cancel the season due to the pandemic of the Corona virus was issued.
Buti said to «Emirates Today», they hope that the “third is fixed”, and that they achieve the first title in the club’s history in the President’s Cup’s competition. He added: “We were only one game away from achieving this dream, but we have to accept health decisions. Because health is first, second and third, and it is above all, and it does not neglect it, while canceling the results of the season will be an incentive for us to strive for the new season.
The Al Dhafra player confirmed many changes that took place in the team with the exit of a number of players, including midfielder Khaled Bawazir, and said: “We must all make double efforts in the new season so that we are up to the challenge, we will not put all our attention in the President’s Cup competition Only, we will work to be better in the Arab Gulf League competition as well. ”
The Al Dhafra team will begin training at six o'clock this evening in its sub-stadium in the Al-Zafarana area, in the capital Abu Dhabi, in preparation for the new season with the participation of most of its players present in the country. During the past month, he was close to moving to train the national team, at a time when the team would be satisfied with a camp inside the country only.
A source said to «Emirates Today» that the administrative apparatus met the players, the day before yesterday, at the club, and they were notified of the new decisions to conduct a corona virus examination every Thursday, in order to identify the cases and isolate them, and that the players will not be able Usage of the dressing room as usual, and the club's medical clinic will only receive players, in the context of imposing physical distance measures.
The source pointed out that the first stage of preparation will be held in Abu Dhabi, and the technical staff will focus on raising the fitness rate for players, while the second stage will be held in one of the northern emirates.
Excluding the idea of an external camp
The source pointed out that the club ruled out the idea of establishing an external camp, and said: «The players were notified that the training will be inside the country, to avoid any health developments at the present time, and the difficulty of obtaining entry permits to European countries due to the Corona virus, as the current conditions force everyone to increase the reserves» .
On the new deals of citizens and foreign players, the source said: "Until now there is nothing official, whether about the departure or the survival of the Brazilian striker Pedro."