Renard: We must maintain our determination and continuity at the same level to achieve the goal of qualifying

2021-06-10
17:50:33

The coach of the first national team, "Herve Renard", spoke at the press conference held this evening to talk about Al-Akhdar's preparations to face Singapore in the joint Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup. He said: "We are on the verge of completing the second phase of the Asian qualifying qualifiers. For the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, which makes this stage more important, the competition is not over yet, so we must maintain our determination and continuity at the same level to achieve the goal of qualifying for the third stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.”

Regarding the absence of midfielder Abdullah Atif, he said: “A good chance is that he will be suspended so that he can take a rest to be fully ready in the last match of the current stage, and of course we have a plan to rotate some players and because we are at the end of the sports season, it is important to manage the matter well. We have players of the same quality as the main player, so his absence, Atif, will not be effective."

And about the attackers’ reluctance to score in the last match, he said: “The most beautiful thing in football is to score goals and achieve victories. The striker, Saleh Al-Shehri, was present in the last match by creating the goal scored by his colleague Fahd Al-Mawlid. On the other hand, the striker was present in the last Palestine match with two goals. Score is not important.

Herve Renard spoke about the diversity of options, saying: "It is very good to have multiple options for players in the same position, which is reflected positively in our choices."