Italian Roberto Mancini, the coach of the Saudi national team, expressed his happiness at achieving the victory during today’s match against China, and obtaining the first 3 points in the group.

Mancini said in press statements, after the match: “I congratulate the players at the level today. We played most of the time with ten players. I am happy with this performance.”

He continued: “The match was very important, and we wanted very much to win the match, and we made the changes to win the match. I congratulate Hassan Kadesh for this level and victory.”

He continued: “We always train for everything, and we have players like Musab Al-Jawir who are good at executing corner kicks, and Hassan Kadesh is a distinguished player with set pieces.”

He concluded: “There is still a long way to go, and we must work to catch up with Japan in the group, and all the matches are difficult.”