The Saudi football team seeks to collect the three points from its hosts Tajikistan during the meeting that brings together, at 6 pm on Tuesday “Riyadh Time”, the “Central Stadium” in the capital of Tajikistan Dushanbe, in the fourth round of the second round of Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup.
Lakhdar’s team first goal is to return with three points in order to maintain the top of its group and widen the point gap with competitors, reaching the 12th point in the event of victory.
While the Tajiks are armed with land workers and the public, they hope to take advantage of this and hijack the three points or at least not lose, in order to stay in the description, where they have 4 points, before tonight’s encounter.
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🕙 | 00 : 6 مساءً – بتوقيت السعودية
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🏆 | الجولة الرابعة من الدور الثاني من التصفيات الآسيوية لكأس العالم 2026 وكأس آسيا 2027. pic.twitter.com/olweQAYNzu— المنتخب السعودي (@SaudiNT) March 26, 2024
Lakhdar Saudi Arabia lost the services of players Abdullah al-Maliki and Abdulrahman Gharib in the training session on Monday, both of them feeling knee pain, along with the absence of player Saud Abdul Hamid, who continues to receive solace in his father.
Saudi Arabia comes in Group G, along with Jordan, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
The Saudi sports channels “SSC” bought the rights to broadcast the First National Football Team match and its Tajik counterpart for less than what the Tajik Game Federation was requiring and after a week of negotiation, as revealed to “Sports” private sources.
The two sides reached an agreement, late Monday evening and via intermediaries, to move the match, scheduled for Tuesday in Dushanbe, directly on the “SSC.”
