Injuries worry Renard before the start of the first Saudi national team camp

The French coach seeks to coach the Saudi national team Hervé Renard To prepare his weapons to take part in the first test in his second term with the “Greens”, after he finally took charge in order to adjust the course in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, after the results fluctuated with former coach Roberto Mancini.

Renard was trained Saudi national team For the second time after his departure the first time in 2023 to coach the French women’s national team, he finally returned after a loss to Japan (2-0) and a goalless draw with Bahrain in the qualifiers, results that confounded the qualification calculations for the tournament that will be held in America, Mexico and Canada.

Renard had previously coached the Saudi national team during the period between July 2019 and March 2023 and led the “Green” team in 45 matches, achieving victory in 20 matches, drawing in 10 and suffering 15 defeats, and his most notable results were the victory over Argentina (2- 1) In the 2022 World Cup, which was held in Qatar, he performed at distinguished levels during his period before leaving to coach the French women’s national team.

The Saudi national team occupies third place in the third group standings with five points, having achieved a win in one match, a draw in two, and a defeat after four rounds. It is preparing to face Australia and Indonesia in the fifth and sixth rounds during this November, away from home.

Renard finally announced the list that will participate in the November camp, which includes Ahmed Al-Kassar, Mohammed Al-Yami, Abdul-Rahman Al-Sanabi and Hamed Youssef for goalkeeping, and the players Yasser Al-Shahrani, Ali Al-Bulaihi, Abdul-Ilah Al-Omari, Ali Lagami, Hassan Timbukti, Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti, Saud Abdul-Hamid, Saad Al-Nasser, Abdul-Ilah Al-Maliki, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Musab Al-Jawir, Salman Al-Faraj, and Muhammad. Kanoo, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Nasser Al-Dossari, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Ayman Fallata, Salem Al-Dossari, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Abdullah Radif, Marwan Al-Sahafi, Firas Al-Braikan, and Saleh Al-Shehri.

Some of the players who were excluded during Mancini’s term returned to the list, led by Yasser Al-Shahrani, Ali Al-Bulaihi, Abdul-Ilah Al-Omari, Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti, Salman Al-Faraj, Muhammad Kanno, Ayman Fallatah and Abdullah Al-Hamdan, because he believes that they are among the basic elements that will contribute to the Saudi national team regaining its balance in the qualifying campaign, six rounds before its end. Until qualification is officially decided, the winner and runner-up will qualify directly from the current round.

Some obstacles emerged that would worry Renard at the beginning of the mission, namely the absence of some distinguished elements in his ranks, due to their exposure to injuries.

Yesterday, Friday, the official account of the Saudi national team announced the exclusion of the Al Hilal star Salem Al-Dosari And Al-Ettifaq midfielder Abdul-Ilah Al-Maliki, after the duo suffered injuries in the match between the two teams in the Saudi Professional League, which ended with Al-Hilal’s victory with a score of (3-1).

Al Hilal Club revealed that the player suffered a foot joint injury, after undergoing x-rays during the last hours. Some reports confirmed his absence for a period that may extend more than two weeks.

In the same match, Al-Maliki suffered a muscle injury with a tear in the front muscle of his foot, which kept him out of Renard’s calculations, as the French coach decided to call up Al-Hilal player Mohammed Al-Qahtani.

The absence of Salem Al-Dosari is the biggest blow that Renard received in his first camp, as the French coach relied on him in the first term to a large extent, as he participated with him in 29 matches at that time, and he is the third player who participated with the most during his term with the “Green Falcons” after Mohamed. Kanno with 32 matches and Firas Al-Braikan with 30 matches.

Al-Dosari was the top scorer for the Saudi national team during Renard’s first term, as he scored 13 goals and made four assists.

Al-Maliki is among the players who participated most with Renard during his previous term, as he participated in 26 matches and ranks sixth among the players who participated most with Renard.

Al-Qahtani joined the Saudi national team for the first time after an absence of nearly three years, as he joined the ranks of “Al-Akhdar,” which participated in the 2021 Arab Cup, which was held in Qatar at the time, and the team bid farewell to the competitions in the group stage.

Al-Qahtani (22 years old) will not be present in the ranks of the Saudi national team as soon as he is a substitute after Al-Dosari is excluded, but in the current season the player participated with Al-Hilal in 14 matches in all tournaments, as he scored two goals and made two assists during 475 minutes.