{"id":9389,"date":"2026-01-25T20:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/?p=9389"},"modified":"2026-01-25T20:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:50:26","slug":"rafa-we-are-ready-to-take-on-our-next-challenge-vs-kalba-we-are-also-determined-to-restore-the-top-position-on-the-tournaments-standings-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/rafa-we-are-ready-to-take-on-our-next-challenge-vs-kalba-we-are-also-determined-to-restore-the-top-position-on-the-tournaments-standings-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafa: We are ready to take on our next challenge vs Kalba. We are also determined to restore the top position on the tournament\u2019s standings table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Rafa: We are ready to take on our next challenge vs Kalba&#8230; We are also determined to restore the top position on the tournament\u2019s standings table<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The confidence of our head coach and fans support are an important motive for the sake of realizing our sought after goals during this season<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Rafael Vela Rodriguesl (Rafa), who is the international Portuguese left back defender for Al Ain first football team, emphasized that his team\u2019s preparations are going on very well to take on their upcoming match vs Kalba, which is scheduled to take place during the 14th round of competitions of ADNOC Pro League football tournament.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">During match\u2019s introductory press conference, Rafa said the following statement: \u201cWe went through a good week of training, and we are well aware that the match will not be easy vs a good competing team, but we are ready to claim a positive result.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Al Ain Club left back defender talked about losing the top position during the final round of the first stage of competitions, emphasizing that the team has delt with the situation with a realistic approach and calmness, so he said the following statement: \u201cWe were well aware that this scenario is possible, and the most important matter is that we did not sustain any defeat until now, and this is very important for the club. We will continue working for the sake of returning to the top position, which is the goal of everyone.\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Over the confidence of the coaching staff and fans support, Rafa said the following statement: \u201cThe trust of our head coach and the support of Al Ain Club\u2019s fans are very important for me and for any player. We are playing for the sake of the fans, and we want to claim victory to satisfy them. I am pleased over the opportunity given to me by the head coach, and I am totally ready to play the upcoming match.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafa: We are ready to take on our next challenge vs Kalba&#8230; We are also determined to restore the top position on the tournament\u2019s standings table The confidence of our head coach and fans support are an important motive for the sake of realizing our sought after goals during this season Rafael Vela Rodriguesl (Rafa), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9391,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9389\/revisions\/9391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}