Sultan al-Ghanam, Salman al-Faraj and Nawaf al-Aqaidi, the players of Saudi football’s first team, rejected all charges against them by the management of the Saudi team and Italian coach Roberto Mancini.
over their refusal to play with Green during the hearing held on Sunday and Monday with the officials of the professional committee of the Saudi Football Federation.
According to “Sports”, Salman Al-Faraj opened the first session at 05:00 on Sunday evening, and the Saudi captain was charged with refusing to play in Test matches and merely fighting official clashes.
according to reports from the national team administration, which Al-Faraj rejected directly, explaining that he had played in the Mali and Nigeria Test matches, and did not refuse to call an official letter.
Italy’s Roberto Mancini, the head coach of the Saudi national team, sparked controversy at the press conference that preceded Oman’s clash, the first in the current Asian Cup finals in Qatar these days.
by accusing 6 green players of their unwillingness to play: Salman al-Faraj, Sultan al-Ghanam, Nawaf al-Aqaedi, khid al-Ghanam, alam, Ali ‘
He told me that he didn’t want to play Test matches, and the sheep told me that he was not happy playing for the team, and the nodal went to the guards coach 3 days ago, and said that if he didn’t play basically he didn’t want to stay in the camp. ”
According to the same sources, the Sultan of Sheep’s session after Commander Vulgaris was at 07:00 p.m.
, in which the right-back denied all charges against him by the Italian Green coach, and when asked about the special meeting between Mancini, the sheep replied:
“I attended at the request of the coach and told me do you have the desire and enthusiasm to represent the team and I answered yes.
After that, I had a technical discussion because of the situation of a fourth player after Saud Abdul Hamid, Hassan Timbukti and Yasser Al-Shahrani.
The Committee also asked the Faraj and Ghanam duo to inform the elected administration that they were retiring internationally.
During the separate session, the pair responded “no”.
In the same vein, on Monday, a further hearing of Guard Nawaf Al-Aqaidi was held with the Professional Committee as well, in which the Nodule was charged with refusing to play back-up and essentially requiring him to play with
The same crisis between Saudi players and Mancini is escalating with new hearings on Tuesday for duo Khaled al-Ghanam and Ali Hazazi at 07:00 p.m.
According to other sources, decisions are expected within the next 10 days, after taking the players’ statements, as well as based on the reports of the team management.
On January 16, the Saudi team’s management submitted a detailed report to the Professional and Player Status Committee of the FA on the expulsion of Green to consider and take action according to its regulations.
Saudi Arabia’s Green has been knocked out of the Asian Cup after losing to South Korea on penalties in the last 16 of the major continental tournament.
