The adventure doesn’t start very well Robert Mancini on the bench of Saudi Arabia. The new coach lost in a friendly on his debut as coach of the national team: 1-3 final against Costa Rica; now the Mancio team will return to the field on Tuesday 12 September at 6.30 pm for another friendly match against South Korea. The first official match will be in January, when the Asian Cup will start with Saudi Arabia included in group F together with Oman, Kyrgyzstan and Thailand.
THE MATCH – The match against Costa Rica immediately went wrong: Konyaspor defender Francisco broke the deadlock after just 12 minutes Calvo, who put it in using an assist from former Frosinone and Arsenal player Campbell. On the half hour mark Costa Rica doubled their lead with a goal Ugalde, a striker born in 2002 who joined Twente in the summer. Mancini’s first goal for Saudi Arabia Al-Boleahi, defender of Al-Hilal and teammate of Neymar, Milinkovic and Koulibaly. The Arabs reopen it but Costa Rica closes it definitively one minute from the 90th minute, with the ’97 goal Leal entered the second half.
2023-09-08 20:53:00
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