The results of the Saudi national team are in a terrifying decline…
Sports journalist Faisal Al-Jaffen criticized the work of Yasser Al-Mashal, President of the Saudi Football Association. This is after the recent deterioration of the results of the first national team.
The Saudi national team failed to achieve any victory during the last four matches of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. To fall to “fourth place” in the third group standings, with 6 points.
On his program “Malaeb” on Al Arabiya FM, this evening, Wednesday, Al-Jafen asked about Al-Mashal’s biography. Saying: “I respect this man a lot and appreciate him, but… what is his (CV) to deserve to assume the position of president of the Saudi Football Association?!”
The sports journalist made a “comparison” between Al-Mashal and Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, president of the Japanese Football Association, considering that the latter’s “biography” greatly embarrassed the Saudi official.
Faisal Al-Jaffen pointed out that Miyamoto holds a “FIFA Master’s” in Sports Management, in addition to having played 71 international matches with the Japanese national football team, while carrying his captaincy in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and the 2004 Asian Nations.
Al-Jafen explained that the President of the Japanese Football Association has great experience in training. Where he previously held the position of coach of the local team Gamba Osaka; Completely the opposite of Mashal.
The Japanese national team is seen as a living example of the great development in Asian football. This team now dominates the continent, and even competes with the largest international teams, achieving victories over them with great results.
It is worth noting that Miyamoto, who played as a “centre-back”, before retiring from football permanently in 2012; He represented Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe in Japan, in addition to having a professional experience with the Austrian team Red Bull Salzburg, from January 2007 to early 2009.
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