Saudi Arabia meets Venezuela in friendly Thursday in Spain
The Saudi national football team will conclude the first phase of its preparatory program for the Qatar World Cup 2022, with a friendly match against Venezuela on Thursday at the Nueva Condomina stadium in the Spanish city of Murcia.
It is Al-Akhdar's second match in its current camp, after losing 1-0 to Colombia last Sunday, and it is also the eighth friendly match that it is playing in Spain.
Saudi Arabia plays in a strong group in the World Cup finals, which begins in November, and includes Argentina, Poland and Mexico.
The green has never faced its Venezuelan counterpart, but it is the 25th match between the green and Latin American teams, winning only one, drawing 10 and losing 13 matches.
Al-Akhdar did not provide the required level in the previous match, and will enter the confrontation with full ranks after the return of Salem Al-Dosari and Yasser Al-Shahrani, who missed the last match, along with Abdulelah Al-Omari, who preferred to be left on the bench.
In addition to the returnees, Salman Al-Faraj, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Firas Al-Braikan, Khaled Al-Ghannam and Hattan Bahbri are prominent in the lineup of the French coach, Herve Renard.
On the other hand, Venezuela, which failed to reach the World Cup finals after finishing in the last tenth place in the South American qualifiers, is seeking to appear differently in preparation for the upcoming events.
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