NT U23 defeats Liberia by 3-2 in a friendly match

2021-03-27
20:35:02

The NT U-23 defeated its guest Liberia (first team) 3-2, in the match that brought them together this evening, Saturday, at Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Stadium, within the preparatory camp in Riyadh, which extends until the 30th of this month, Within the framework of the third phase of the program of preparation for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which is scheduled to be held at the end of next July.

Mohamed Maran scored for Al-Akhdar first in the 55th minute, while the Liberia team scored the equalizer in the 72nd minute, and in the 84th minute Hamid Al-Ghamdi scored the second goal for Al-Akhdar, and the guest team scored again in overtime. The end of the match, Hussein Al-Issa scored the third goal for our national team.

Artistic Director Saad Al-Shehri entered the meeting with a list made up of: Muhammad Al-Rubaie, Nawaf Bushel, Khalifa Al-Dosari, Abdul Basit Hindi, Abdullah Hassoun, Nasser Al-Omran, Mukhtar Ali, Ayman Al-Khalif, Fawaz Al-Tarees, Saad Al-Salouli, Hassan Al Slis.

It is reported that the NT U-23 announced its qualification for the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020) after winning one of the qualifying seats in the AFC U-23 Cup in Thailand early last year, during which it finished second.