He has no choice but to win to pass to the quarter-finals of the continental championship today
“Olympic” in a decisive “Asian” confrontation against Saudi Arabia
«Olympic» during the celebration of the victory over Tajikistan.
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The UAE Olympic football team will play, at five in the evening, UAE time, a fateful and decisive confrontation with its Saudi counterpart, at Lokomotiv Stadium in the Uzbek capital Tashkent, in the third and final round of Group D in the AFC U-23 Cup.
The Olympic white needs only to win this match to reap the pass to the quarter-finals, while the Saudi team enters with two chances of winning or a tie to ensure qualification to the next round.
The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups qualifies for the eighth round of the tournament.
The Saudi team leads Group D with 4 points, with a goal difference against Japan, while the national team occupies third place with 3 points from a 2-0 victory over Tajikistan after losing 1-2 in the first match against Japan, and Tajikistan finally without a score.
The "Olympic" is seeking to reach the quarter-finals for the fourth time in a row, after 2014, 2016 and 2020, while he missed the 2018 edition.
Despite the difficulty of the match, the players of the national team played today's match in high spirits, following the precious victory they achieved over Tajikistan 2-0 in the second round, scored by Abdulaziz Muhammad and Mansour Saeed, thus keeping his chances in the competition for the qualification ticket.
The Olympic team completed all its preparations for this match, after it took a final training session.
On the other hand, the Saudi team is one of the strongest teams in the group, and has so far won one match against Tajikistan by five in the first round, while it drew with Japan without goals in the second round.
The Olympic team has never met its Saudi counterpart in this tournament before over the past editions, but the two teams met in 2019 in the qualifiers for the 2020 edition, tied 1-1 and then met months later in 2019 also, and Al-Abyad won 2-0 in the Dubai friendly championship for the Olympic teams.
The match against the "Saudi Green" represents a great challenge for the white players as well as the technical staff led by Spanish coach Denis Silva, who in turn seeks to lead the team to achieve a new achievement.
Despite the difficulty of the match against a strong competitor such as Saudi Arabia, the Olympic coach has been working on developing the appropriate plan and formation that will enable the team to win this match.
In the same group, at the same time, Japan will play Tajikistan at the Biondkor Stadium, where the match is expected to be within the reach of the Japanese, especially after Tajikistan officially bid farewell to the competition, after losing the first two matches against Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Only a draw is enough for the Japanese team to qualify for the next round.
• "Green" leads Group D with 4 points, with a goal difference from Japan, and Al-Abyad is third with 3 points, and Tajikistan is finally without points.
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