Al Misehal meets Saudi Olympic team before the training session in preparation for Ivory Coast

2021-07-20
11:03:24

The President of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, Yasser Al Misehal, praised the high discipline and spirit which the players of the under-23 national team showed up during all stages of the preparation program for the Olympic Games.

Al Misehal praised the high concentration of the players in working for optimal appearance during the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020), wishing the national team success in the tournament.

This came during a meeting with Saudi team players and employees, in the presence of the Secretary-General of the SAFF Ibrahim Al Kassim, before the training session this evening, Tuesday, in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, as part of preparations to participate in the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020).

On the field, Saudi players conducted their training session this evening at Hodojaya Stadium, under the supervision of coach Saad Al-Shehri and the assistant technical staff, during which they applied a training session in small squares, followed by a tactical training with the aim of playing from the middle of the field.

It is noteworthy that the under-23 national team is in the “fourth” group in the football competitions in Tokyo Olympics, along with Ivory Coast, Germany and Brazil.

The under-23 national team will open its campaign against Ivory Coast on July 22, and then meet Germany on July 25, before meeting Brazil on July 28.