This month, Saudi Arabia's football world is about to witness the 5th and 6th rounds of the 12-team tournament in a heated battle, and for this reason, the Saudi national team will gather in the capital city of Riyadh on November 5th to prepare for the tournament. Coach Reynard has selected 28 players to join this training session. Saudi Arabia.
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Also on November 2, the latest national team training list was announced. The list includes midfield soul Salem Dosari, as well as three players who were absent in the last round of Sino-Saudi matches returning from injury. In addition, three new members have joined the Saudi Arabia training squad.
In the first four rounds of the 12-team tournament, Saudi Arabia has won four consecutive matches to lead the Group B standings. Despite the relative stability of the squad, Coach Reynard has decided to increase the number of players in the new training session from 25 to 28, given that there will be consecutive away matches this month. In last month's training and this month's two matches, three players failed to make the squad due to reasons. Among them, starting goalkeeper Mohammed Khalil Al-Owais, who was injured in the Sino-Saudi match, will be out of action for at least three months with a torn knee ligament. Meanwhile, center back Mohammed Kabrani and left back Hussein Qasim, who failed to play, also failed to make the list.
For this purpose, Coach Renard drafted in goalkeeper Nawaf Dhahi Al-Aqidi, who plays for Al-Nasser. The 2000-born player, who was selected for the Saudi U19 and U23 national Olympic teams, has not previously played in a major tournament organized by the AFC. His inclusion in the Saudi squad was largely due to his position as starting goalkeeper for Al Nasser.
At left back, Reynard called up Moteb Saad Al-Harbi, another "post-00" player from the Al Shabab team, for the long term. In addition, center back Ziyad Al-Sahafi returned to the team after a six-month absence, having played in three Top 40 matches as a starter in the early stages of Renard's takeover of the Saudi team.
In addition to these three newcomers, three original Saudi starters who missed last month's matches against China and Japan due to injuries returned to the team: left winger Salem Dossari, right back Blake and midfielder Ali Hassan Al-Asmari.
Al Hilal contributed the most players in this training session with eight selections, followed by Al Nasser with seven, Saudi league leader Etihad with five, and Al Ahli and Al Shabab with three each.
As planned, the Saudi team will gather in Riyadh on November 5 before flying to Sydney, Australia the same evening. They will then take part in the Australia match on November 11 and travel to Hanoi, Vietnam on a chartered flight after the match to get ready for Vietnam's away challenge on the 16th.
