Draw with China 1-1 at Sharjah Club Stadium

Saudi Arabia celebrates qualifying for the World Cup from the Emirates

The Saudi national team ascends to the World Cup finals for the sixth time.

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The Saudi national football team was satisfied with a positive draw against its Chinese counterpart 1-1 during the match that was held today, Thursday, at the Sharjah Club Stadium, in the ninth round of the second group account in the decisive round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, to win the Saudi green card to qualify for the World Cup. For the sixth time in its history, during the match that was held on Thursday at Sharjah Club Stadium in the ninth round, raising its score to 20 points in second place, while the Japanese team topped the group’s standings with 21 points, while the Australian team came in third with 15 points.

The Saudi team took the lead in the match through the player Saleh Al-Shehri (45) from a header that he played cleverly in the Chinese goal before the Chinese team was able to adjust the result in the deadly time with a penalty kick by the player Cheng Zhou (82).

The match was a festive match for the Saudi team, which had officially qualified for the World Cup even before it played its match against China, after the Japanese team defeated its Australian counterpart with two clean goals, leaving the latter's balance at 15 points, and the Saudi team accompanies its Japanese counterpart to the World Cup.

Although the Saudi team fought hard during the first half and advanced with a clean goal, it retreated in the second half and gave the Chinese team the opportunity to restore its balance again, to raise the Chinese team to six points.

The match was led by an Emirati referee team led by international referee Mohammed Abdullah Hassan.

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