After the victory of Al-Raqi over Al-Nasr. Al-Nawakhada drew with Sharjah

Al-Bataeh is closer to "survival". And a bear is heading to «landing»

Lawrence led Al-Bataeh to victory over Al-Nasr in the match 'Destiny'. Cinematographer: Osama Abu Ghanem

Al-Bataeh team shuffled the cards in the battle of «survival» in the ADNOC Professional League yesterday, after its exciting victory over Al Nasr 2-21, to raise its score to 12 points in 19th place, while Dibba returned to the penultimate place with 26 points after a disappointing draw with Sharjah, which makes Al-Bataeh remain in his hand in the final round of <> when it is a guest of Al Ain, while Dibba will have to win then over Al Dhafra and wait for Al-Bataeh to falter.

A draw may suffice to achieve survival in the event of a loss or draw for Dibba, while losing Al Bataeh against Dibba beating Al Dhafra means the survival of Dibba and the relegation of Dibba. On the other hand, the survival was officially decided for the teams of Khorfakkan, Bani Yas and Al-Nasr, although they were far from danger.

Al-Bataeh regained the tone of victories in the 25th round at the expense of Al-Nasr, whose balance was frozen at 24 points. The match witnessed the loss of Al Nasr striker Malaba a goal opportunity achieved in the 8th minute after being alone in goal, and the match referee Yahya Al-Mulla did not approve the proposal of the «mouse» to direct a red card to the player Al-Bataeh Issa Ahmed after contact with Al-Nasr player Mendes in the 17th minute. Al-Bataeh almost took the lead with a goal at the end of the first half when Lawrence shot strongly beside the post 45+3.

At the beginning of the second half, Al-Bataeh scored the goal of progress through Brazilian Lawrence in the 52nd minute with a beautiful shot. Al Nasr goalkeeper Shambeh received a red card after he tackled strongly against Al-Bataeh striker Anatol in the 77th minute.

Al-Bataeh scored the second goal through Lawrence in the 81st minute.

On the other hand, Dibba maintained the glimmer of hope to stay with an exciting draw with Sharjah, as the «king» now has 43 points, and Sharjah could not maintain its lead against Dibba when Spanish striker Paco Alcácer advanced him with a goal in the 24th minute, after the referee Adel Al-Naqbi used the technique of «Al-Far» to calculate the goal, while Dibba player Jandir Breno succeeded in equalizing in the 78th minute, taking advantage of the mistake of Sharjah goalkeeper Adel Al-Hosani.

Al Bataeh has his destiny in his hands to survive when facing Al Ain, while Dibba is required to win against Al Dhafra and wait for Al Bataeh to lose.