belbalady “I can look you in the eye .. you are great .. but it’s not over yet .. please .. we can’t be slow .. we’ll do it together .. we have a whole country behind us.”
If you look at the screams and enthusiasm of Saudi national team coach Herve Renard when you give that speech to his players, you will know that you are heading for a different version of the team dubbed “The Green” during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The passion and cutting features that emerged in Renard’s conversation with the Saudi national team players suggest that the French coach will not accept the continued presence of Al-Akhdar as a guest of honor, as happened during the last 4 editions in which he participated in the Coppa del World.
The coach, whose country was famous for its war campaigns in the past, will be the one who will carry the flag of Saudi Arabia in his campaign in search of a historic milestone.
“Herve Renard’s footprints are clear during the qualification process and his World Cup experiences provide the necessary confidence for the team.”
“Thank God, I was present in the best participation in the history of the Saudi national team at the World Cup and I hope that the current generation will go further or at least qualify for the final price”.
As for these words, Saeed Al-Owairan, Saudi football legend and owner of the famous goal against Belgium at the 1994 World Cup for FilGoal.com Of his wishes for his country.
Al-Owairan was one of the most important stars in the history of Saudi Arabia in the World Cup in the United States of America, as Al-Akhdar went to the final price of the competition for the first and only time in its history.
Renard’s insistence, Al-Owairan’s speech and the unlimited support the Saudi team has received confirm that there are many reasons and one goal, which is to go the distance during the Saudi team’s sixth participation in the World Cup competitions. World.
Qualification trip
The Saudi national team has secured a place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, after beating the second group standings in the final qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
23 points in 10 games gave the Saudi team their first direct qualifying card and the Japanese team got the second direct card with 22 points.
While the Australian team qualified after playing the play-off against Peru after taking third place behind Saudi Arabia and Japan, and this indicates the strength and solidity of the group that Al-Akhdar took the lead.
The Saudi national team began their campaign in the final qualifiers by beating Vietnam 3-1 in the match that took place at the Msool Park Stadium in Riyadh, the capital.
Renard’s team returned with three valuable points from the land of their Omani counterpart in the second round, after winning it with a clean goal.
The Saudi team continued their illustrious achievements and scored a valuable win over Japan with an unanswered goal at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah.
The Saudi team took 12th point after taking their fourth consecutive victory and beating China 3-2 in a match held at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah.
The Australian team stopped the Saudi team’s victories and goalless draw in the fifth round in a match played in Sydney.
The Saudi team scored two straight wins at the expense of Vietnam with an unanswered goal and the Sultanate of Oman with the same result.
The Saudi team suffered their first defeat at the hands of their Japanese counterpart, with an unanswered brace in the eighth round, which complicated the accounts of the group and endangered the direct qualifying place.
The Saudi team drew China with one goal per team and snatched the top of the group in the last round by beating Australia with an unanswered goal.
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The Saudi national team counts among its ranks a group of illustrious elements who have managed to bring their country to the World Cup finals despite the great difficulties.
The extreme difficulties here lie in the Saudi League regulation, which allows each club to include 7 foreign players (they have been increased to 8 at the start of the current season), which means that it is difficult for the local player to take the opportunity participate continuously, and this is the most dangerous thing a footballer can face, according to Majed Abdullah, football legend Saudi Arabia and Al-Nasr Club.
Firas Al-Braikan is a name that wasn’t heard long before the Saudi national team qualified for the 2022 World Cup.
The young alternative striker on the Al-Nasr club list has turned into a star indicated in the Saudi national team jersey, thanks to the confidence of his French manager, Renard.
Al-Braikan left Al-Nasr and went on to fill the league role with the Al-Fateh club jersey, and scored 3 impressive goals with the Saudi team jersey in the final qualifiers, especially his goals in the game of Japan.
Al-Hilal striker Saleh Al-Shehri remained a replacement for Bafetimbi Gomez, and after him Odion Ighalo in his squad, but he took advantage of the opportunity with the Saudi team during the qualifying campaign.
Al-Shehri has scored 4 goals against each of: China, Vietnam (two goals) and the Sultanate of Oman, to play a decisive role in Al-Akhdar’s qualification for the World Cup.
The Al Hilal striker was seriously injured at the end of last season, but in recent weeks he has returned to stadiums and entered Renard’s accounts to lead Al-Akhdar to the World Cup.
Salem Al-Dosari is one of the biggest names in Saudi football in particular and Arab in general, and the Saudi road relies heavily on him to go far in the World Cup.
Al-Dosari has the experience of playing for Villarreal, even if it was short, but the experience of the Saudi national team player, as well as Al-Hilal, holder of the Asian Champions League title, makes him one of the anticipated names at the World Cup in Qatar.
Fahd Al-Mawlid is one of the main strengths of the Saudi national team and has unlimited faith in Renard, despite the crises he has been exposed to recently.
The current youth star has managed to free himself from the doping ban crisis and has found his balance during the last rounds of the Saudi League with his new club.
Al-Mawlid has become the leader of a group of players who participated in the last edition of the World Cup with the Saudi shirt, and have an important task ahead of them in Qatar.
Balanced group
The Saudi national team will play in Group C of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, along with Argentina, Poland and Mexico.
The Saudi national team will start their matches against Argentina on 22 November and face Poland in the second round on 26 November.
The Saudi national team will finish their group stage matches against Yolanda on 30 November in the third round.
“We must know that the most difficult awaits us in the World Cup, as we will face the teams of Argentina, Poland and Mexico,” Renard said in statements to the Al Arabiya channel on the Saudi group.
“We have to be confident because the quality of the Saudi player is very high,” he added.
While Saeed Al-Owairan said to do it FilGoal.com“I think the group of the Saudi team at the World Cup is balanced and skipping the group stage is not difficult.”
“The Argentine national team is a great team, but it is not the generation of giants (Diego) Maradona, (Gabriel) Batistuta, Canigia and others”.
He concluded: “We have to wait for the friendlies and the final preparations for the teams in the group and, consequently, the vision will be clear regarding the competition to skip the group stage.”
World Cup Record
The Saudi team will live the sixth experience in its history in World Cup competitions after 5 precedents, including 4 copies in a row.
The first experience was at the 1994 World Cup in America, when Saeed Al-Owairan’s colleagues tore the ticket to qualify for the eighth final of the tournament.
Saudi Arabia lost to the Netherlands by two goals to one in the first game and Fouad Anwar scored the first Saudi goal in World Cup competitions.
Saudi Arabia beat Morocco 2-1 in the second game, before Saeed Al-Owairan’s historic goal in Belgium gave them the passage to the World Cup final.
Sweden closed the history of the Saudi team in the final World Cup standings, after their team thrilled them following the 3-1 match.
The second experience was in France in 1998, but it did not live up to the aspirations of the Saudi road after the 1994 American version.
Saudi Arabia lost to France by four and lost to Denmark by a goal and scored a point after drawing 2-2 with South Africa.
The third experience was in Korea and Japan in 2002, and the Saudi national team suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the German team 8-0.
Saudi Arabia lost again at the hands of Cameroon, with an unanswered goal, and Ireland, with a 3-0, in a copy to forget.
The Saudi Greens’ fourth stint was in Germany in 2006, and began with a 2-2 draw with his Tunisian counterpart.
The Saudi side lost 4-0 to Ukraine before saying goodbye to the tournament with a 1-0 defeat to Spain.
Saudi Arabia skipped World Cup competitions in 2010 and 2014 before returning to the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
A heavy defeat of Russia 5-0 and Uruguay with an unanswered goal eliminated Saudi Arabia’s dreams of reaching the final price before the honorable victory over Egypt with two goals to one goal at the end of the group stage.
Sami Al-Jaber, the former Al-Hilal player, is the Saudi national team’s top scorer during his five World Cup appearances, with 3 goals.
While Mohammed Al-Deayea, the former goalkeeper of Al Hilal, is the most participant player with the Saudi national team at the World Cup with 10 games.
The Saudi national team is competing in the 2022 World Cup with the aim of skipping the group stage and going far, so will they succeed?
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