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Saudi Arabia defeated Oman 2-1 in the first round of Group F of the Asian Cup, after which they face Thailand and Kyrgyzstan. Although coach Roberto Mancini's team entered the competition with three points, the Italian expert was criticized by the former footballer of the Saudi national team, former striker Jaser Al Qahtani (41 years old), who has 112 appearances and 42 goals for the country's representative. Arabic.
Before the match with Oman, Mancini excluded three footballers from the national team, as they refused to be part of the team if they did not play from the first minute. "I will decide who will play," Mancini said at the press conference and then called the whole situation strange. Then came Al Qahtani, who does not agree with the Italian coach.
" I have not met a bigger coward than Mancini. He doesn't deserve to lead the team. He is a disrespectful coward with a psychological complex. A quality leader must protect those he leads. Mancini fired players who served Saudi football. Why is he talking about them before the match with Oman, when the meeting with them was a month and a half ago ?" asked Al Qahtani, reports "Gazzetta dello Sport".
" I will start an investigation to verify everything Mancini said "
" Mancini is a liar. He said he asked the players if they were happy to sit on the bench. It is normal that they said "NO". A player who wouldn't say this is not ambitious and doesn't deserve to be part of the national team ," asserted Al Qahtani.
Mancini accused the players of a lack of patriotism. No one can do that. I will launch an investigation to verify everything he said. I think he will eventually want to leave the national team ," added the former Al Qadsiah, Al Ain and Al Hilal striker, who, according to Transfermarkt, scored 146 goals in 308 appearances in his club career.
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