KSA NT continues preparations for Pakistan and Mancini holds press conference

2024-06-04
22:41:59

The Saudi Arabia national team continued its training today, Tuesday, in the camp currently held in Riyadh, in preparation for facing the Pakistani national team the day after tomorrow, Thursday, at "Jinnah Stadium" in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, as part of the fifth round of the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup.
On the field, the Green players conducted their training session on the "Mahd Academy Grounds" under the supervision of technical director Roberto Mancini, as it began with warm-up exercises, then a passing exercise, after which the players applied various tactical exercises before Mancini conducted a maneuver on the entire field, and the training session concluded with stretching exercises.
In a related context, Salem Al-Dawsari participated in the group training with his teammates, while Hassan Al-Tambukti did not complete the training session due to feeling muscle pain.
On the other hand, the national team mission will leave tomorrow morning, Wednesday, to the Republic of Pakistan, via King Khalid International Airport, in preparation for the fifth round match against the Pakistani national team.
The Green will hold a training session at the Jinnah Stadium at 7:00 pm Saudi time. The training session will be open to the media for the first quarter of an hour.
The national team coach, Roberto Mancini, will hold a press conference tomorrow, Wednesday, at 5:40 pm Saudi time, in the press conference hall at "Jinnah Stadium", to talk about the match of Pakistan.