Mancini: Facing Bahrain is difficult because they are a physically strong team

Italian Roberto Mancini, coach of the Saudi national team, confirmed the difficulty of facing his Bahraini counterpart tomorrow in the fourth round of the third group of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

Mancini said In the press conference: “Confronting Bahrain is difficult because it is a strong team physically, good at defensive formation, and strong in counterattacks. It will be a difficult match and we hope we will be able to achieve a positive result today.”

He added: “Psychological support for the players is very important, and I thank the Minister of Sports and the President of the Federation for their closeness to the players and their support.”

He continued: “All teams in the world change their ways of playing during the match, and this is usual. I am a coach and it is my duty to find solutions. My job is to find solutions and intervene to make a difference.”

He continued: “I follow all the players, whether in the Roshen or Yellow League, and I followed two matches by Salman Al-Faraj, and the doors of the national team are always open to everyone.”

He continued: “I am interested in developing the Saudi national team, and the statistics of the Japan match highlight the work I am doing, and the Bahrain national team is good from a physical standpoint, but we will work to achieve victory tomorrow.”

He continued: “I agree with Yasser Al-Meshal about the national team’s offensive suffering, but that they should take advantage of opportunities, even if they are few, in order to achieve victory. We worked to solve that problem, and tomorrow we want to get results.” "

Mancini noted: “I had a number of players in the right-back position, and after Saud Abdul Hamid was suspended, I summoned Ali Majrashi because I did not want to include a player who would not play, and we were We look forward to Saud playing both matches.”

He concluded his speech: “A message to the fans, which is to continue the support because it is important to us and we want it to continue. My message to the players is to focus and play as we played against Japan and take advantage of the opportunities that are presented.” We are given and do not receive any opportunities.”