Saudi 360 – The Japanese national team faces a difficult task against the Saudi national team, when they collide

The Samurai will face history against Al-Akhdar, as they were unable to win or draw with the Falcons in Saudi Arabia, but were defeated in their previous three visits.

The Japanese team seeks to stop defeats against its Saudi counterpart on the territory of the Kingdom, by avoiding a new negative result, and trying to win, or at least come away with a draw, which is better than a fourth defeat.

The Japanese national team achieved victory in the first two rounds over China, 7-0, and 5-0, at the expense of Bahrain, and wants its first victory over Saudi Arabia on its soil.

The difficulty of Japan’s victory over Saudi Arabia comes due to the Japanese players’ historical and psychological complex of not being able to defeat the opponent on their home soil.

The high temperature will be another reason that makes it more difficult for the samurai to win and will favor the green.

Includes group Saudi national team In the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, teams: “Japan, Australia, Bahrain, China, Indonesia.”

The Saudi national team is competing with Japan for the top spot in the standings, as the Green Team has 4 points in second place behind the Samurai in first place with 6 points.

Saudi national team

The Saudi national team list for the matches against Japan and Bahrain is as follows:

Goalkeeping: Ahmed Al-Kassar, Muhammad Al-Rubaie, Raghed Najjar, Hamid Youssef

Defense line: Hassan Kadesh, Mishal Khairallah, Aoun Al-Salouli, Ali Lagami, Hassan Timbukti, Hussein Al-Sibani, Rayan Hamed, Saud Abdul Hamid, Sultan Al-Ghannam

Midfield: Abdullah Al-Maliki, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Ali Al-Asmari, Musab Al-Jawir, Hamid Al-Ghamdi, Nasser Al-Dosari, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Salem Al-Dosari, Abdul Rahman Gharib, Ayman Yahya, Marwan Al-Sahafi

Offensive line: Muhammad Maran, Firas Al-Braikan, Saleh Al-Shehri, Abdullah Radif