Denis criticizes the players of the Saudi Arabian national team. This should not happen again.

The Greek Giorgos Donis, the coach of the Saudi Arabian team, expressed his displeasure about some issues after his first official appearance at the helm of Al-Akhdar’s technical management.

The Saudi Arabian team lost to its counterpart from Ecuador. Two goals to oneIn the framework of the preparatory phase of the final round of the 2026 World Championship.

Donis said in his statements to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. “I’m not happy with some things, especially the process of keeping the ball. We lost the ball in very dangerous areas.”

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He added: “The players took too many risks especially in the second half and that led to the second ball and we must not repeat that in the upcoming matches.”

He continued his speech. “I trained the team in only 4 sessions and I try to balance the implementation of ideas and achieving good results.”

He concluded by saying: “We have to work to correct the mistakes and I generally thank the players for the game because the team was good in some periods.

Saudi Arabia is in Group 8 alongside Spain, Uruguay and Cape Verde at the tournament hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico.