The under-23 national team faces South Africa in a friendly match in Jeddah

2020-11-13
21:23:25

The under-23 national team will play its first friendly match tomorrow, Saturday, in its prep camp in Jeddah, which comes within the second phase of the program of preparation for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, scheduled to be held in July.

The under-23 national team will host South Africa national team at 7:30 pm, on the reserve stadium in King Abdullah Sports City.

On the field level, the national team conducted its training session this evening on the reserve stadium in King Abdullah Sports City, under the supervision of the coach Saad Al-Shehri and the assistant technical staff, which held a maneuver to focus on on free kicks, in defense and attack.

The training session witnessed the follow-up of Dr. Khaled bin Muqrin, the member of the SAFF, who supervises the youth teams, .

It is reported that the U-23 national team qualified for the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020) after winning one of the qualifying seats in the U-23 AFC Cup in Thailand last January, during which it finished second.