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 Welcome to the thread where we can discuss the Saudi national football team, also known as The Green Men, Green Falcons, or Arabian Falcons! Powerhouses of Asian football, Saudi Arabia have won the AFC Asian Cup three times after reaching the finals a joint-most six times, among other honors. Just look at this trophy case:  Impressive stuff! Saudi has qualified for six previous World Cups, in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2018, with their best finish in their inaugural appearance at the '94 US World Cup, where they reached the round of 16 only to fall to mighty Sweden 1-3. The Coach The Green Falcons are coached by Hervé Renard, who I'm sure was a legend in his playing days. All of Saudi's players play in their home league, so perhaps that will help them out a bit. Goalkeepers Mohammed Al Rubaie (Al-Ahli) Mohammed Al-Owais (Al-Hilal) Nawaf Al-Aqidi (Al-Nassr) Defenders Sultan Al-Ghannam (Al-Nassr) Abdullah Madu (Al-Nassr) Abdulelah Al-Amri (Al-Nassr) Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Hilal) Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal) Saud Abdulhamid (Al-Hilal) Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal) Hassan Tambakti (Al-Shabab) Midfielders Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal) Abdulellah Al-Malki (Al-Hilal) Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal) Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal) Ali Al-Hassan (Al-Nassr) Sami Al-Najei (Al-Nassr) Nawaf Al-Abed (Al-Shabab) Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab) Abdulrahman Al-Aboud (Al-Ittihad) Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal) Nasser Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal) Riyadh Sharahili (Abha) Forwards Firas Al-Buraikan (Al-Fateh) Saleh Al-Shehri (Al-Hilal) Haitham Asiri (Al-Ahli) The Group  There is an outside chance, if Mexico and Poland perform hilariously, that Saudi could get through, but they probably won't. Oh well. 22 November 2022 10:00: Argentina v Saudi Arabia 26 November 2022 13:00: Poland v Saudi Arabia 30 November 2022 19:00: Saudi Arabia v Mexico So please join me as we cheer on the Green Falcons!!!
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King of False Promises posted:The Coach You may remember him as that manager who loves a tight white shirt and double AFCON winner:  
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Nov 18, 2022 17:51
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Renard won AFCON with Zambia, the man's a legend on some level
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Nov 18, 2022 18:18
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Are you sure you got the right team and manager? Isn't it these people? 
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Nov 18, 2022 18:21
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Hervé Renard also did this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTS9q1RzuI
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Nov 18, 2022 18:26
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Tokyo Sexwale posted:Renard won AFCON with Zambia, the man's a legend on some level Won it with Zambia, than came back and won it again a few years later with Cote d'Ivoire
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Nov 18, 2022 18:35
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the sex ghost posted:You may remember him as that manager who loves a tight white shirt and double AFCON winner: phwoar, he's a looker.
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Nov 18, 2022 19:27
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the sex ghost posted:You may remember him as that manager who loves a tight white shirt and double AFCON winner: This fella is definitely going into the “Hot Ladies and Guys from the World Cup” thread I’m going to post this weekend and possibly get banned for
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Nov 18, 2022 19:30
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Do Qatar and KSA still hate each others guts? Gonna be some thumbs on the scales here
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Nov 18, 2022 21:10
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Do Qatar and KSA still hate each others guts? If they had dug that canal to separate Qatar from Arabian Peninsula and added the nuclear waste dump there, would the World Cup 2022 have been in Qatar? Perhaps would have been the only "good" thing a saudi ever does.
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Nov 19, 2022 00:24
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As a saudi, let me say that I am super relishing the double digit goal massacre we're about to experience from Argentina, we deserve it for never learning or improving. the only real achievement was Saeed al Owairan's goal in 1994. Since then we've had some real bangers. 2002 we lost to germany 8-1 We wet farted out of every world cup since then. then in 2018 we lost to 5-0 to russia while the big man was watching. then on the flight to Rostov the plane that the team was on caught on fire. https://www.hindustantimes.com/foot...6GsuD0sJ1M.html Just a great team to follow if you enjoy train wrecks and dumpster fires.
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Nov 19, 2022 13:45
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woww.... I was not expecting us to do as well as we did so far at half time  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I8ypeQoEjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOxJRZJEhPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh6iXXH2KGc
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Nov 22, 2022 11:55
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posting from the home of football, London, where I am on vacation, to say I'm very proud of the lads.
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Nov 22, 2022 13:02
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Never had any doubts!
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Nov 22, 2022 13:10
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I am in complete loving shock I can’t loving believe it
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Nov 22, 2022 13:33
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King of False Promises posted:
I noticed this when I was watching at the pub. Not only are they all from the same league, but they are both young and experienced. Looking at the caps, and how many of them play in the same teams, you would think this plays a big part into their success  Its pretty impressive really
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Nov 22, 2022 14:13
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https://twitter.com/433/status/1594985974114971648?s=20&t=pIadukvZ0pNiqv5osK32Mg https://twitter.com/simplyaleeee/status/1595028124470845446?s=20&t=pIadukvZ0pNiqv5osK32Mg https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1595034815748767748?s=20&t=pIadukvZ0pNiqv5osK32Mg
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Nov 22, 2022 14:16
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lilbeefer posted:I noticed this when I was watching at the pub. Not only are they all from the same league, but they are both young and experienced. Looking at the caps, and how many of them play in the same teams, you would think this plays a big part into their success A lot of the best international teams are built around players that play their club football together. Even recent winners are often built around a core of club teammates, like Spain (Madrid and Barcelona) and Germany (Bayern). Chemistry is really important in football and it's impossible to build in a week or two of training before a big tournament.
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Nov 22, 2022 14:17
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No coincidence that KSA are the first team to get him to do his shirt up
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Nov 22, 2022 14:18
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https://twitter.com/90min_Football/status/1595040103595810816?s=20&t=40yM1OaQcBt3qeTlmvWhlA
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Nov 22, 2022 14:21
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Big Herve looking to overtake Otto Rehhagel and Bora Milutinovic as the most World Cup manager of all time
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Nov 22, 2022 14:22
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https://twitter.com/StokeyyG2/status/1595081290574970882?t=m467mNZdUAOEgz3lUHiQPQ&s=19
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Nov 22, 2022 18:10
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:https://twitter.com/StokeyyG2/status/1595081290574970882?t=m467mNZdUAOEgz3lUHiQPQ&s=19 holy poo poo lol
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Nov 22, 2022 23:45
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Update on Al Shahraniquote:After conducting x-rays, it was found that Yasser Al Shahrani had fractured the jaw and left facial bones, and that he needed rapid surgical intervention due to internal bleeding. https://www.gulftoday.ae/sport/2022/11/22/yasser-al-shahrani-suffers-broken-jaw-and-internal-bleeding
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Nov 23, 2022 05:40
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drat that sucks fractured jaw is no joke hope he recovers
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Nov 23, 2022 05:48
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what the gently caress
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Nov 23, 2022 08:24
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Poor fella
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Nov 23, 2022 08:28
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vyelkin posted:A lot of the best international teams are built around players that play their club football together. Even recent winners are often built around a core of club teammates, like Spain (Madrid and Barcelona) and Germany (Bayern). Chemistry is really important in football and it's impossible to build in a week or two of training before a big tournament. Apparently they also paused their league season a few weeks back so they could get a proper training camp in unlike pretty much every other side.
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Nov 23, 2022 09:42
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Total Meatlove posted:Update on Al Shahrani Jesus
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Nov 23, 2022 13:54
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well, we'll always have the win against Argentina
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Nov 30, 2022 21:27
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the lads tried their best. at least the goal they finally scored was nice
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Nov 30, 2022 22:01
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We all enjoyed you beating Argentina, we'll always have that
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Sorry Arabia.
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