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F_CK F-CK. I spke to soon. Saudi's will remain saudi's. There next victory in a WC match will be in 2022. :finger:
Ziyad said:Congrats to the Arabs on a great second half...I wish both teams luck in the remaining games..
Tunis should have been exploiting the Saudi weakness in the Air which i hope Ukraine doesnt notice.
Alex de Large said:Puyol is the best player of the world.
Hamed said:LOOOOOOOOOOOOL Mehdi @ the prophet excuse. I don't think it has been used yet, but you never know with the extremists. But seriously, LOL!
I remember asking Ashkan the same question a while ago about why Iran seems to falter against Saudi Arabia when they were the better team (I remember Asian Cup 84,88 etc.) He said that it's a matter of underestimation, and it could be.
However, I believe that the Saudi team is a strong one. What you saw today, was the best team Saudi that can come up with. I don't know what happend (maybe people were fed up) but neither Sami nor El D'aya started today and I was shocked.
This meant that the team spririt was high, unlike in 2002 when the choice of some players caused alot of internal fighting between the players.
Today, the team unity was evident and the spirit was high. I am being neutral when I say that the Saudi team is very strong and doesn't get enough credit.
Timyat and Al Kahtani are both Hilal players but I love them both and they deserve to be there. And I guess the Ittihad players (the GK, both CD's, the RB, the CM and the playmaker) were fine with that. Because there was criticism that the coach (who was Hilal's coach) favoures Al Hilal's players.
I am not a fan of Ittihad, but they damn have the best playes in Saudi Arabia. Honestly speaking, although they don't play in Europe like most of the Tunisians, they are as good as them.