The reporter reported coldly The Saudi Arabian team, which is preparing for the home game of the Riyadh youth team, has mixed feelings, with the 25,000 tickets sold out on Tuesday, and the immediate effect of coach Hainach's pre-match appeal to fans to support the national team, and the injury to the heart of the midfield, Kanou, which has had a big impact on the team.

In order to create an atmosphere of relaxation and unity, Hainach continued the tradition - before the start of the training camp, the old international players lined up to form a "corridor of honor" to welcome the newcomer goalkeeper Suyule (Breiday pioneer), defender Takri (Cadicia), midfielder Juhani (Jeddah national), Saad (Dunkirk, Ligue 2), striker Salim (Sehat Gulf), and five newcomers successively passed through the "Corridor of Honor" to receive the "welcome gift" from other national players patting their heads and necks.

Like the national football team, the Saudi team is also facing a large number of newcomers to the team and injuries, Saudi Sports Channel revealed that Hainach continued to conduct team training matches on Tuesday and Wednesday to determine the main candidates for some positions, focusing on strikers Buraikan, Salim and Hamdan, in addition, he tried to find the best combination between captain Salim al-Dosari, Ammar and Yahya and three players in Europe. It is worth mentioning that Heinach practiced penalties in training on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Defender Kanu missed training on Tuesday after suffering a muscle injury to the front of his thigh during Monday's training session, and although the team medical team treated him urgently, Hainach confirmed before the game that the Riyadh Crescent midfielder will miss the game in the country. Kanu is the heart of the midfield of Heinach's tactical system and has been outstanding for the club recently, contributing four goals in the last three games in addition to a solid defence. Kooora identified Juval (Riyadh Youth), Nasser al-Dosari (Riyadh Crescent) and overseas international Faisal Ghamdi (Antwerp Lions, Liga) as the main substitutes.

Kanu will travel with the team to Japan and Heinah will be hoping he can make it back in time. At the same time, the Saudi coach said: "The door of the national team is open to all Saudi players, provided that they need to get enough performance time at the club and hope that the team can beat the opponent with the current squad." 'He's certainly looking forward to giving back to the fans with his win.

Before the game, the Saudi media highlighted the advantage of the Saudi team against the historical record of the national football team, especially at home. Previously, the Saudi Arabian team was unbeaten against the national football team three times at home in the World Preliminary Tournament and the Asian Preliminary Round, including a 1-1 draw at home against the national football team in the top ten match in Riyadh in November 1997; In February 2013, the Saudi Arabian team defeated the national football team 2-1 in Dammam; In the round of 12 in October 2021, the Saudi team defeated the national football team 3-2 in Jeddah. In addition, at the beginning of 1994, the Saudi team was unbeaten in two warm-up games with the national football team in Riyadh, with 1 win and 1 draw.

Even if it is a neutral position, Saudi Arabia is not afraid of the national football team: in the group stage of the 1988 Asian Cup, the Saudi team won 1-0 in Doha; In the 1996 Asian Cup quarterfinals, the Saudi team won 4-3 in Abu Dhabi; In the 2000 warm-up match, the Saudi team won 2-0 in Jordan; In the round of 12 in March 2022, the Saudi team drew 1-1 in Sharjah. Coupled with the away defeat of the national football team in September last year, there is no doubt that the Saudi team has a clear psychological advantage. The last time the national football team defeated the Saudi Arabian team in an official match was back 10 years ago in the group stage of the 2015 Asian Cup, when the national football team won 1-0 with Yu Hai's goal.

Therefore, even though Hainach gave the opponent and Ivan enough respect at the pre-match press conference, saying that the national football team has made significant progress in the past year, the Saudi media is still full of confidence in the team's home defeat of the Chinese team, and the Saudi team plans to fly to Japan on a charter flight at 1 midnight on the night of the game to strive to score points away.

It is worth mentioning that on the eve of the Saudi team's preparation, the CONCACAF announced the seeding teams and brackets for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Saudi team is the only "wild card" team, and the tournament will be played between June 14 and July 6. After the final two rounds of the round of 18 on June 5 and 10, the Saudi team will travel to the United States. Previously, two Asian teams, South Korea (2000, 2002) and Qatar (2021, 2023), had been invited to participate in the CONCACACAF Gold Cup. The Saudi Arabian team will participate in two consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cups (2025, 2027), which was confirmed at the end of December last year.