Saudi Olympics team play three friendlies in Malaysia camp

2019-12-25
18:04:52

The Saudi Arabia u-23 national team, trained, on Wednesday, within Malaysia preparatory camp, which comes within the fourth and last phase of preparations, for 2020 AFC U-23 Championship, Thailand, which will determine the qualified teams to the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament, in Tokyo 2020.
The Saudi team players trained at Shah Alam reserve Stadium, at evening, under the supervision of coach, Saad El-Shehri, as the training session witnessed a tactical maneuver on the whole pitch.

For his part, midfielder Ayman Al-Khelif didn't take part in training for suffering exhaust in the left thigh of the right leg, as he will under go medical checks in the coming two days, while Abdalla Al-Hamdan returned after missing yesterday's session for suffering pain in the left leg soles.

The Saudi team will play two friendlies against Jordan and South Korea on Friday and Tuesday in a row before facing Thailand at their stadium, ahead of the qualifiers.


It must be mentioned that, the draw of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship, put KSA in Group B, alongside: Japan, Syria and Qatar, as the qualifiers will start next January, in Thailand.