Al-Mufaraj declares: Because of this, the Al-Ahly couple was excluded from the World Championship.

Saudi Arabia national team executive director Fahd Al-Mufaraj has revealed the secret of excluding Al-Akhdar’s pair Saleh Abu Al-Shamat and Zakaria Hawsau from the 2026 World Cup.

Greece’s Georgios Donis, the coach of Saudi Arabia, has sparked controversy after releasing the World Cup finals squad in which he decided to exclude Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahli pair, sparking outrage from fans.

Al-Mufaraj spoke about this issue for the first time in the statements of Al-Arabiya TV channel. “It was a very short time for Donis to watch a large group of players, but he knows most of the stars of the Rushen League clubs.”

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He added: “Abu Al-Shamat and Zakaria Hawsawi are among the best local players but Dennis had a technical point of view to rule them out and to talk about their lack of discipline is not correct.”

He continued his speech. “Most of the players are very professional and the Al Ahly couple are among the top stars as I mentioned, but every coach has a technical point of view and that has to be respected.”

He concluded. “At the same time, Dennis has selected a rich list of players who play well in more than one position and we are looking to give it our all.”

The Saudi Arabian national team is preparing to face Uruguay on Tuesday morning in the eighth group competition, which includes Spain and Cape Verde.