In the Asian Cup at the beginning of this year, when everyone talked about the championship team, they could basically think of the top Asian teams such as Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Australia. Indeed, the strength of their four teams is very strong, and they are all favorites to win the Asian Cup. In addition, there is 1 team that has the ability to win the championship, which should not be underestimated. 4-0!2-0!1-0!The number one dark horse of the Asian Cup is born: Argentina broke out and challenged Japan and South Korea.
When it comes to the Asian Cup championship team, few people mention the Saudi team. But in fact, the strength of the Saudi team is really high level now. In the last 3 games, Saudi Arabia defeated Pakistan by 4 goals, defeated Jordan by 2 goals, beat Lebanon by 1 goal, scored 7 goals in 3 games and conceded 0 goals.
In the Saudi team, although there are no foreign players, all from the Saudi league, but in fact, the Saudi team's international players can also improve their level in the domestic league. Because when the Saudi Super League opened the golden yuan policy, the Saudi league gathered big names, and players such as Ronaldo, Benzema, and Kante all arrived, which improved the competitive level of the Saudi league. With top players training and playing, and competing with them for positions, can the strength of Saudi players not be improved? Saudi players playing in the domestic league is also equivalent to "collectively staying abroad."
In this season's AFC Champions League, all four Saudi teams qualified from the group, among which Riyadh Crescent, Riyadh Victory and Jeddah United all advanced to the knockout stage with the first place in the group. The Saudi club is so strong in the AFC Champions League, in addition to the arrival of star foreign players, domestic players also have a lot of credit.
Breikan, Dawasari, Gharib, Kanu, Blahi, Achidi and other players are very strong, among which Jeddah National's Braican has grabbed the main position from the hands of Liverpool's veteran Firmino.
Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina at the World Cup, ending Argentina's 36-match unbeaten run. The current coach of the Saudi team is the European Cup-winning coach Mancini, and the unbeaten record of the national team was created by Mancini's Italy, which is unbeaten in 37 games, and the assistant coach next to Mancini is Yaya Toure.
With a strong squad of players and a European Cup-winning coach at their disposal, the Saudi team will be hoping to lift the trophy at the Asian Cup, equalling Japan's record of four Asian Cup titles.