Fabio Cannavaro of Italy, the former Saudi al-nassr coach, expects compatriot Roberto Manchini, the head coach of Saudi Arabia, to repeat his achievement with the Atzuri when he leads Green in the 2023 Asian Cup
The Saudi team, led by Manchini, is preparing for the Asian Cup, which kicks off tomorrow in Qatar.
Manchini dreams of winning the Asian Cup title with Saudi Arabia and led Italy to the European title in the 2020 edition.
“The mentality is different, but ultimately football is the same around the world.”
The former Italy captain added: “Manchini has extensive experience, he knows how to win trophies, at the start of his campaign with Saudi Arabia he was not good, but he can develop players’ abilities and mindsets.”
Saudi Arabia lost 3 of its first 4 games under Mancini, drawing the other, but had 4 wins in the last 5 clashes, drawing in one.
Saudi Arabia play in the Asian Cup in Group F, which includes Oman, Thailand and Kyrgyzstan.
Lakhdar team kicks off its tournament Asian cup, against Oman on 16 January, then meets five days later Kyrgyzstan and concludes its group stage matches by facing Thailand on 25 January.
Saudi team had 3 Test matches in his camp in Celine, winning in the first over Lebanon “1-0” and drawing negatively with Palestine in the second, before “2-0” beat Hong Kong in the third.
