In the city of Abu Dhabi, in the territory of the United Arab Emirates, the Asian team prevailed with a conquest achieved by Saleh Al Shehriat 39 minutes of the second stage.
The match was not officially recognized by FIFA, as both teams made more than seven changes to their starting line-ups.
The Arab team, led by Frenchman Herve Renard, signed up with Mohammed Al Owais; Hassan Tambakti, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Ahmed Bamsaud and Mohammed Al Breik; Fahad Al Muwallad; Nawaf Al-Abed, Mohammed Ibrahim Kanno, Abdullah Otayf and Abdulrahman Ali Al-Aboud; Abdullah Radiff.
Midway through the second half, the French coach completely changed the formation and five minutes from time, Al-Hilal striker Al Shehri took the ball from outside the area and finished off the goal, when the Macedonian team “played with ten men, as a result of which (Egzon) Bejtulai was out of the field of play, being treated for an injury”, according to the Macedonian Football portal.
Saudi Arabia will play a new friendly in Abu Dhabi this Wednesday the 26th, when they face Albania. Then, on Sunday the 30th, they will face Honduras.
While the last two pre-world trials will be against Iceland (November 6) and Panama (November 10).
The Arab representative will be the first opponent of the Argentine national team of the DT Lionel Scalloni at the World Cup in Qatar. The duel will take place on Tuesday, November 22, at the Lusail Stadium.
Then, Renard’s team will face Poland (Saturday 26) at the Ciudad Educación stadium and Mexico (Wednesday 30) at the Lusail stadium.
Source: Ambito
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