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Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain – 1st Leg

By: Fulanito | September 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Saudi Arabia National Team managed to hold their host Bahrain to a 0 – 0 draw in a game held last night in the small Kingdom of Bahrain pursuing their last chance to feature in 2010 World Cup for their 5th appearance consecutively.

Bahraini players led by Milan Macala the Czech Coach who knows all about soccer in the Arabian Gulf Countries since he has been a coach for Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman spending most of his experienced age in GCC.

Honestly this game were almost in the hands of the Bahrainis but we were saved by luck and our excellent Goalie Waleed Abdullah who should have been chosen as the star of the match for he was put into the test and managed to dodge more dangerous balls rather than the Bahraini Goal Keeper.

Pesiero proved to be lacking the right tactics and did not prepare the Saudis well with few friendly matches in which the Saudis lost to Oman 2-1 and beaten Malaysia 2-1. In this match against Bahrain he surprised us in playing with three defense midfielders allowing great pressure on central back and left and right backs too that resulted in dangerous attacks on the Goalie that any of these Bahraini attempts could have secure a goal to the Bahrainis.

Moreover Pesiero called on Tayseer Al Jassim but quite late (a brilliant attacking midfielder and play maker) to support forwards and managed in the little remaining time to push for quick attacks that was enough to take the lead for us but Nasser Al Shamrani (replaced Malek Muath) did his usual selfish shots whilst other players had taken better positions.

The loss of Hazzazi (injured) and with Yasser Al Qahtani’s struggle to be in his best form also Nasser Al Shamrani’s inability to score a single goal since he started as a replacement for either Malek or Yasser, Pesiero should have been trying new talents like Abdulaziz Al Saaran who his shine was stunning in last year’s Saudi Premier League.


Tags: Group H

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B-Day: Pre Match Squad Predictions and Analysis

By: Mohammed S. | September 5th, 2009 | No Comments »

Finally, the crucial match against Bahrain will kick off today in Manama at 10PM local time due to the fasting month of Ramadan.
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By: Mohammed S. | September 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Nayef Hazazi has sustained a Cruciate ligament injury in a friendly match against the Malaysian National Team. He went in on a Malaysian player with a poor tackle and only got himself hurt. He’ll be out for the rest of the season. Al-Nasr player Rayan Bilal has been called up to fill the roster.
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Playoff squad announced!

By: Mohammed S. | August 25th, 2009 | No Comments »


Sorry for the long delay in posting but as you know, not much has been happening on the national team front. The entire country is now focused on the just-started 2009-2010 season of the Saudi Premier League.
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First Up:Bahrain…

By: Mohammed S. | July 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments »


It’s that time of the year again where nothing of interest happens in footy except club transfers.
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By: Mohammed S. | June 22nd, 2009 | 2 Comments »


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By: Fulanito | June 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

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By: Mohammed S. | June 16th, 2009 | 3 Comments »


The match against North Korea is less than 24 hours away now so I guess it’s time to talk about line ups and tactics.
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By: Mohammed S. | June 15th, 2009 | No Comments »


José Peseiro gave his pre-match press conference and stated that he was confident that the team had what it takes to beat DPR Korea and clinch the final qualifying spot.
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By: Mohammed S. | June 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

First off, I’d like to say hello to everyone on Worldcupblog.org. I’m a new writer here and I’ll be tag teaming the Saudi Arabia blog with Fulantino to provide more updates for this section.

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