The head coach of the Saudi Arabian national football team, Italian Roberto Mancini, stressed the importance of seizing opportunities to secure victory as the team faces China tomorrow in its second match in the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Speaking at a press conference today in the Chinese city of Dalian, Mancini said: “The Chinese national team has a good squad despite their previous loss to Japan, and I expect them to be in better form tomorrow. Therefore, we must be well-prepared and take advantage of all opportunities to achieve a positive result.”
He added: “We are training intensively on scoring, and we must continue to create opportunities. I am confident that we will capitalize on these opportunities more effectively in the upcoming matches.”
Mancini also said that tomorrow’s match “will be different” and that the mistakes made in the first match against Indonesia, which ended in a 1-1 draw, will be addressed. He expressed hope that the Saudi national team’
s performance tomorrow will match that of the second half of the previous match, reiterating the need to focus on taking advantage of opportunities and scoring.
Meanwhile, player Saleh Al-Shehri acknowledged the difficulty of tomorrow’s match against China, saying: “We must be well-prepared and work hard as the match will not be easy.”
Source: Saudi Press Agency