The national football team returned to the state after playing its match against Iran, the day before yesterday, in the seventh round of the first group in the third round of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, which the team lost with two clean goals to freeze its score at 10 points in the third place behind Iran leaders with 19 points and Uzbekistan second ranked with 16 points. According to its scheduled program, the team will complete its internal camp in Dubai through daily training before heading to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Monday afternoon and trains the same evening in Riyadh, in preparation for facing its North Korean team next Tuesday in the eighth round of these qualifiers, knowing that the national team match against North Korea will take place at 10:15 pm Emirates time at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh.
It is expected that the technical staff led by the Portuguese coach Paulo Pinto will focus on addressing the mistakes and gaps that accompanied the national team match against Iran, caused the loss with two clean goals, and working not to repeat these mistakes during the North Korea match.
It is also expected that Pinto will watch the last North Korean national team against Qatar, which ended with a great victory for the Qatari team with five goals against a goal, with the aim of standing on the strengths and weaknesses of the North Korean team before the upcoming confrontation with it.
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