Saudi Arabia’s national team are stepping up their training in Doha ahead of the next match against Mexico on Wednesday at Lusail Stadium in the third and final round of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 group stage.
The Green Falcons carried out their training session on Monday under the supervision of coach Hervé Renard, as the squad began with warm-up exercises before Renard organized mini-matches.
The Green Falcons will conclude their preparation on Tuesday with a training session at 5 p.m., which will be open to the media in the first quarter of an hour.
Saudi Arabia has so far played against Argentina and Poland, winning against the former and losing against the latter.
Last week, Renard said that no one in the world had imagined that his team could perform in the way they did, despite their 2-0 loss to Poland in the World Cup Group C on Saturday.
After a resounding 2-1 victory over Argentina in the first match, Saudi Arabia played with a different approach against Poland and took possession of the ball. But they conceded a goal at the end of each half to Polandâs Piotr Zielinski and Robert Lewandowski.
âNo one around the world thought we could play at this level. Yes, in Saudi Arabia, we know the players well, but they are unknown to the fans worldwide,â Renard told a news conference.
âWe are still alive. Iâm proud of my players. We should have controlled the match better. If we scored the penalty kick, the first half would have ended in a 1-1 draw and then the match would have gone differently.
