Jorge Solari, the coach of the Saudi national team at the 1994 World Cup, revealed that he felt provoked by a question from a reporter before the start of the World Cup, then made his famous statement that the team would qualify and Majed Abdullah would would be the top scorer and Muhammad Al-Deayea the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
Solari, host of the “Into the Goal” program, said Thursday: “It is true that the Saudi national team did not have much luck having qualified for the first time, but it provoked a question from one of the journalists, who they felt was underestimating. the team, and that’s why I said what I said, and what I mentioned happened ”.
He continued: Before the next match against Morocco, I explained the opponent’s movements to the players, and we managed to win, and that was the beginning of the dream.
He concluded jokingly about Saeed Al-Owairan: I gave him a short vacation and he came back with weight gain, and we worked out a tough preparatory program for him to get him back in shape before the World Cup.
