Saudi Arabia, one of the surprises of the World Cup in Qatar after its 2-1 win over Argentina in debutseeks to qualify for the round of 16 against Poland, which comes from a goalless draw against Mexico on the first date of the group
Arabia and Poland play from 10:00 a.m., Argentine time, at the Education City stadium in Al Rayyan, with Brazilian Wilton Sampaio officiating and broadcast by TyC Sports and Directv Sports.
A victory for the Arabs will ensure their place in the round of 16. Meanwhile, Poland wants to add three after the 0-0 draw against the Mexicans, a game in which goalkeeper Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa blocked a penalty from Polish striker Robert Lewandowski.
The team led by the Frenchman Hervé Renard, who turned the game around for Argentina in five minutes of the second half with goals from Saleh Alshehri and Salem Aldawsari, is not the defender Yasir Al Shahrani, who broke his jaw after colliding with fellow goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais.
In World Cup history, the “Green Hawks” had lost four of the last five games without scoring goals. Before the bump against Lionel Scalini’s team, his only victory had been on the last date of the zone in Russia 2018, against Egypt (2-1).
For their part, Poland had only won one of their eight opening matches at a World Cup and have not made it to the next round since Mexico 1986.
Arabs and Poles play their first match in a World Cupalthough they played four International friendlies (three in 1994 and one in 2006), with all victories for the European team with 7 goals for and 2 against.
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Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Al-Owais; Saud Abdulhamid, Hassan Altambakti, Ali Al Bulaihi and Mohammed Al Breik; Mohamed Kanno, Abdulellah Al Malki and Salman Al Faraj; Salem Al Dawsari, Firas Al Buraikan and Saleh Al Shehri. DT: Herve Renard.
Poland: Wojciech Szczesny; Matty Cash, Kamil Glik, Jakub Kiwior, and Bartosz Bereszynski; Piotr Zielisnki and Grzegorz Krychowiak; Jakub Kaminski, Sebastian Szymanski, and Nicola Zalewski; Robert Lewandowski. DT: Czesław Michniewicz.
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil).
Stadium: Education City (Al Rayyan).
Hour: 10.00
TV: TyC Sports and Directv Sports.
