Italian coach Roberto Mancini said For the Saudi national team With an exciting statement after the Green Falcons stumbled against their guest, the Indonesian national team, with a positive draw of one goal for each side, in the first round match of the third stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The Indonesian national team forced a 1-1 draw against the Saudi national team in the match that brought the two teams together in the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
Exciting statement from Mancini after the stumble against Indonesia?
“As we mentioned yesterday, the first match is always difficult, and the Indonesian team has distinguished players who play in Europe, so the match was not easy,” Mancini said in the press conference after the match.
He continued: “I was not satisfied with the level in the first half hour, but after that the level improved significantly, and I was satisfied with the level, and we had many opportunities but did not take advantage of them.”
He added: “We have a clear problem in exploiting opportunities and translating them into goals. Today we had more than 3 clear opportunities, but we were unable to score, and this is a big problem.”
Mancini also explained the biggest problem that the Saudi national team suffers from, from his point of view, and said: “We have a problem with players not participating as starters with their clubs. On the other hand, we face teams whose players participate as starters… Al-Owais, Tambakti, and Al-Juwair do not participate with their teams.”
He concluded his statements by saying: “We have 20 players on the list who do not participate primarily in the Saudi League with their clubs, and this is a problem that has no solution!”
With this tie, the Saudi and Indonesian teams each earned one point, with the Saudi team coming in fourth place in Group 3, while the Indonesian team came in third place.
