Pedro and Tomic were dismissed from coaching Baniyas and Al-Bataeh

Baniyas and Al-Bataeh clubs announced on Wednesday the dismissal of their coaches, Portuguese Joao Pedro Sousa and Croatian Goran Tomic, respectively, against the backdrop of negative results in the ADNOC Professional League.
Baniyas had suffered a heavy loss against Khor Fakkan 2-5 in the 11th round, while Al-Bataeh lost to Al-Jazira with an unanswered goal.
The Baniyas Club said in a statement on its account on the “X” platform: “The company announces the termination of the contract of coach Joao Pedro Sousa, after a comprehensive study of the team’s performance during the last period,” and added: “The decision to leave the Portuguese coach came out of the club’s management’s keenness to achieve the aspirations of its fans.” And enhance the team’s results in the next stage of local competitions.”
The Baniyas Club statement did not reveal the new coach who will succeed Joao Pedro in his new mission, as it was limited to thanking the Portuguese coach for the period he spent with the team and the professional manner in which he dealt with the club.
Portuguese Joao Pedro Sousa took over as coach of Al-Samawi last summer, succeeding Slovenian Darko Milanic, after the latter’s contract expired. He led Al-Samawi through 11 league matches, in which he achieved two victories and a draw in the same, while he suffered seven losses, and conceded 28 goals. He scored only 13 goals, ranking 11th on the league standings.
On the other hand, Al-Bataeh Club announced in a press statement that it had reached an agreement with coach Goran Tomic to terminate the contract between them by mutual consent, and said: “It was decided to appoint the coach of the under-23 team, Mohammed Al-Raisi, to lead the team temporarily.” His first task will be against Al-Orouba on Friday at the opening of round 12. For the league.
Al-Bataeh suffered with its coach Tomic after finishing in penultimate place with five points, only two points ahead of last-placed Al-Orouba, and they became strongly threatened with relegation to the ranks of first-class clubs.
With Tomic, Al-Bataeh achieved only one win and two draws, and conceded eight defeats, scoring 14 goals, while conceding 27 goals.