International Friendship Saudi Arabia VS Croatia (Intelligence)
Saudi Arabia may play this friendly match with the strongest team!
Saudi coach Reynard confirmed before the game that their captain and attacking core, Salman Faraj, has fully recovered, and based on the situation at the Saudi training ground, Reynard is considering starting the full main line-up. This match is the last friendly before the World Cup opener, and it is also the farewell match before Saudi Arabia's departure, and coach Reynard still attaches great importance to this friendly match.
Saudi winger removed from national team for doping!
Saudi Arabia's main right winger Fahd al-Muwallad (13 games) was removed from the national team after testing positive for doping in February and was due to play in the World Cup with Saudi Arabia.
Al-Muwallad is the absolute workhorse of the Saudi team, starting 13 games and scoring four goals in this year's World Cup Asian Zone, and his absence is bound to affect the Saudi team's attacking power.
The magic flute, sabre, Brozovic will all fight!
Ahead of the game, Croatia coach Daric confirmed that several of their core players will be playing, and although they will not play normally, they will be given time.
Darric put it in his words: "We will allocate playing time so that everyone has a chance, Modric will definitely play, Perisic will play, although it will not play normally or for a long time, but they will play.
In addition to the Magic Flute and Sabre, their midfielder Brozovic has just returned from injury, and Daric confirmed: "Brozovic will play longer, he needs to find form, we will play him for most of the game.
Adapt to the game time, the local game starts at 3 pm!
The match was played at the Prince Faisal Fahd Stadium, one of the largest stadiums in Saudi Arabia, where the previous stadium Mursol Park was abandoned due to poor turf.
And this match is played at 15 o'clock local time, that is, 13 o'clock Central European time, because the first match of the two teams in the World Cup is at 13 pm Qatar time, so this friendly match is also positioned for the afternoon morning to adapt to the time and temperature.
I hope the intelligence is helpful to everyone!