{"id":9521,"date":"2026-01-29T18:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/?p=9521"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:55:36","slug":"balacius-im-ambitious-to-add-the-page-of-the-uae-presidents-cup-to-my-history-with-the-boss-al-zaeem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/balacius-im-ambitious-to-add-the-page-of-the-uae-presidents-cup-to-my-history-with-the-boss-al-zaeem\/","title":{"rendered":"Balacius: I\u2019m ambitious to add the page of the UAE President’s Cup to my history with the Boss \u201cAl-Zaeem\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Balacius: I\u2019m ambitious to add the page of the UAE President’s Cup to my history with the Boss \u201cAl-Zaeem\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Al Ain fans are eager to the most precious Cup…. We look forward to be as passionate as these fans<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dibba\u2019s match is a critical point and we\u2019re equipped with respect and strong determination<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Al Ain player, Mathias Balacius, stated that all of us are well-aware of the importance of Dibba\u2019s match in the quarter-finals of the UAE President’s Cup and emphasized that this tournament is so special that it requires the highest levels of readiness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely realize what is required of us against a good team, and we will play with a mindset based on respecting the opposing team and w<\/span><\/span>orking hard to achieve our goal,<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span> he added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Balacius continued: \u201cPersonally, I look forward to add the title of the President’s Cup to my history with Al Ain after winning the AFC Champions League, as this tournament has a special status in everyone’s hearts.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He referred to Al Ain fans\u2019 ambitions, saying: \u201cWe look forward to return with the Cup to Al Ain, as we know that our fans aspire to this title since the last crowning in 2018, but our focus right now is on Dibba\u2019s match as it is the mo<\/span><\/span>st crucial point at this stage.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He conclude<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span> his statements by emphasizing that the Cup matches require higher mental readiness, tactical discipline, and a strong determination to continue the journey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Balacius: I\u2019m ambitious to add the page of the UAE President’s Cup to my history with the Boss \u201cAl-Zaeem\u201d Al Ain fans are eager to the most precious Cup…. We look forward to be as passionate as these fans Dibba\u2019s match is a critical point and we\u2019re equipped with respect and strong determination Al Ain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9521","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\/9521","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=9521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9522,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9521\/revisions\/9522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alainclub.ae\/fc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}