“The team presented a distinguished technical level in most of its matches in the second leg of the First Division,” said Masafi’s coach, Moroccan Ibrahim Bafoud, noting that this reflects the technical value known to the team. He said, “We preserved the title of (the black horse) in the tournament, and what Masafi offers deserves praise, despite the fact that it is not a competing team for promotion.” Masafi succeeded in defeating the Emirates team 2-1 in the 29th round, then tied with Dibba Al-Hisn 1-1 in the 32nd round, which contributed to shuffling the cards of the competition to obtain the second boarding pass, after Hatta won the first card. Masafi has 44 points in seventh place, and two strong matches await him with Baynouna and Al Jazira Al Hamra in the next two rounds.
Bafoud told Emirates Today: We succeeded in preserving an important characteristic that the club has been keen on throughout the past seasons, as the team is called the “Black Horse” so that it plays all matches with great seriousness, and plays in its name and history, which is what happened in the matches in which we faced competing clubs. On the rise, as we were keen to provide the best technical level, and this was evident in the Emirates and Dibba Al-Hisn matches.
Regarding the renewal of the players’ contracts, he said that he would discuss this with the club’s management after the end of the season, indicating that “with technical stability, but the issue is up to the club’s board of directors headed by Saeed Al-Mahrezi, who agrees with him in his vision fully, as he put it, and added: We look forward to winning the last Two matches, and our goal is to reach the 50th point to get a better position than the seventh, so the team will continue to provide the best possible technical level and with a high focus to achieve its goals.
-Since Bafoud took over the team’s training, succeeding coach Fahd Al-Naqbi, who apologized for not continuing before the end of the first leg, the team won seven matches, tied three, and lost five.
Masafi faced two teams competing for promotion, winning over the “Falcons” and tied with Dibba Al-Hisn.
