Saudi shooter
Not with the team
The Saudi national team successfully flew to Abu Dhabi on the evening of March 19, local time, and carried out recovery training that night. However, forward Philas Braekan is not among them. It is reported that before flying to the United Arab Emirates, he was left in Saudi Arabia due to high body temperature.
Because the Saudi national team needs to concentrate on preparing for the round of 12, all the teams of the international team in the 25th round of the Saudi league are scheduled to play on the 17th-18th to ensure that all international players can rush to Riyadh International Airport on the morning of the 19th to report to the national team. All the players arrived at the allotted time, but something went wrong while undergoing a temperature check.
Striker Philas Brican was reported to have been measured to have an abnormal body temperature and signs of fever. In order to prevent problems, the Saudi side immediately arranged for Blakan to undergo nucleic acid testing, and the result was negative. But because his body temperature did not drop, the team finally decided that the other 25 players would depart as planned, flying directly to Abu Dhabi on a private charter flight, while Blakan was taken directly to the hospital for monitoring treatment.
For the Chinese team, Brican is no stranger, the post-00 striker scored a third goal for Saudi Arabia after coming off the bench in the second half of the national football team's away match against Saudi Arabia on October 12 last year, helping the team to win 3-2. At the same time, Braekan is also one of the main scorers of the Saudi national team, and has scored 3 goals in the round of 12, including the Saudi team's 1-0 home win against Japan and 1-0 away goal against Oman. It's unclear if Brikan will eventually reach the UAE, but of the remaining 25 members of the Saudi team, only SheikhRi is a full-fledged center.
When the Saudi team arrived at the airport, the Saudi ambassador to Abu Dhabi and the staff went to the airport to personally greet them and escorted the team to the hotel. After a slight adjustment, the Saudi team went to the hotel's private stadium for the first training session after arrival. Since the domestic league had just ended the day before and the plane had just arrived, the content of the first training session was mainly recovery and adjustment. As for the targeted exercises in technical and tactical aspects, they will begin with training on the evening of the 20th.