On Tuesday, Saudi football team coach Roberto Manchini announced the final list that will take part in this month’s Asian Cup in Qatar, after 4 players were excluded from an initial squad announced last Saturday. They are guard Mohammed Al-Yami, Ali Hazazi, Mohamed Maran and Khaled Al-Ghanam.
The Saudi team’s account on the X Social Media Platform announced a final squad of 26 players.
Nawaf al-Aqaidi, Raghad Najjar and Ahmed al-Kassar were guarded.
In the defence came Hassan Kadash, Aoun al-Sulli, Ali Belehi, Ali Lajami, Hassan Tibekti, Saud Abdul Hamid, Fawaz al-Saqqar, Ayman Yahya and Abdullah al-Khibari.
In the midfield are Abdul Ilah al-Maliki, Mukhtar Ali, Faisal al-Ghamdi, Eid al-Mulad, Salim al-Dosari, Abbas al-Hassan, Nasser al-Dosari, Mohammed Knowe and Sami al-Naj
In the attack, Fahd al-Mold, Abdulrahman Gharib, Faras al-Barakan, Abdullah Radif and Salih al-Shahri were found.
قائمة المنتخب الوطني في #كأس_آسيا2023 ⬇ pic.twitter.com/JK7SNS43WM
— المنتخب السعودي (@SaudiNT) January 2, 2024
Ali Hazazi, Khalid al-Ghanam, Mohammed Maran, Mohammed al-Rabaie, goalkeeper, Saudi Arabia’s first-team football quartet, departed on Tuesday, Qatar’s Celine Preparatory Resort camp.
She revealed to “sports” private sources that the team’s management coordinated their return to Saudi Arabia, following their exit from the final list of the Greens in the Asian Cup.
Italian coach Roberto Manchini reduced the camp’s names from 30 to 26 in preparation for the continental forum.
This represents the maximum number allowed in the list of teams for the tournament starting January 10.
