Tonight, our national team will begin the first step in its qualifying campaign in the next Asian Cup football tournament. We will meet China in Dammam with a new Spanish coach.
I'm going to be easy on him by saying whatever mishaps that could arise cannot be blamed on him considering he just started. I don’t even think that he created the lineup himself. He must have picked up one or two players but I doubt if he made the entire lineup.
This could stir up some violent reactions but the national team's management seemed to be pushed over by the pressures of the media by choosing players according to what the media dictated and not exactly by their skills. Let us see where that leads us.
As for the league which took another break for the nth time, Nassr and Shabab beat the first and second in the team standings. Hilal's loss was more surprising than Fateh. For years, Hilal dominated its matches against Nassr but unfortunately, the tactics of the now-fired coach didn't prove well for the team. Announcing the lineup a couple of hours before the match may work well in Europe but not here in Saudi Arabia.
In Europe, all players train and get ready as if all of them are going to play in every match but unfortunately, that is not the case here. Our players are not ready to adapt to European readiness when it comes to football, sadly enough.
National team’s campaign
National team’s campaign
