Saudi Arabia adds two national players to Vietnam

*Vietnam – Saudi Arabia: 23h Sunday 12/6, on VnExpress.

Buraikan and Tambakti are both registered in the list of 23 Saudi Arabian players for the 2022 AFC U23 Championship. But, they did not fly to Tashkent with the team, but focused with the national team in a friendly match in Murcia. These two players both started in the defeat to Colombia on June 5. On June 9, Buraikan started, and Tambakti was not used in the 0-1 loss to Venezuela.

Immediately after this match, Buraikan and Tambakti went to Tashkent to join Saudi Arabia in the quarter-finals of the U23 Asia. In a press conference on June 9, coach Saad Al-Shehri revealed that Saudi Arabia would add two players, although he did not reveal his identity. “They will immediately be included in our main lineup,” said Mr. Shehri.

Buraikan and Tambakti did not play any matches in the U23 Asian group stage, and will not have much time to practice with the team before the Vietnam match. But, they all have a lot of experience wearing the team shirt. Buraikan has scored six goals in 22 matches for the team, including three in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. Tambakti also has 13 caps for the national team.

“Buraikan and Tambakti will be of great help to U23 Saudi Arabia,” BLV Tariq Al-Tayeb said on the channel. Rotana. There are sheets left Al Yaum There is no doubt that these two players will strengthen the U23 team, helping Shehri teachers and students to go as far as possible in Tashkent.

The presence of these two reinforcements is even more important, when Saudi Arabia lost two players to a suspension in the quarterfinals. Captain Saud Abdulhamid and midfielder Ibrahim Mahnashi are both absent because they received a second yellow card in the group stage, when they met the UAE in the last leg.

Hoang An