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The captain of the Saudi Arabian national team participated in the entire match of Uruguay
Saudi Arabia national team captain Salem Al-Dossari confused his Greek coach Giorgos Donis with the “Greens” fans after the 2026 World Cup game in Uruguay.
Saudi Arabia’s national team drew 1:1 at home with Uruguay in the first round of the group stage early Tuesday morning at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.
What did Salem Al-Dosari present?
The match witnessed the main participation of Salem Al-Dossari and he finished the match until the end but failed to score or create goals.
Aside from his direct contributions, Tornado did not perform at his usual level, which led to him earning the second-worst rating in the Saudi Arabian team (6.3) behind his teammate Hassan Timbukti (6).
Al-Dossari had just one shot on goal, which was off the post and off the crossbar, while completing 33 passes, including 24 correct ones. He lost the ball 13 times, he succeeded in one dribble out of two.
Donis under the guillotine
These figures angered the Saudi fans as well as some media professionals, not only Salem Al-Dosari, but also Dennis, who insisted on keeping him on the pitch until the end of the match.
Tariq Al-Nofal wrote: “The first player to remain on the bench for the rest of the national team’s matches is Salem Al-Dosari. He has a disastrous level and a weakness.”
While Mishari Al-Qarni was wondering. “Why didn’t (Sultan) Mandash, Ayman Yahya or Khaled Al-Ghannam take part, and Salem (Al-Dossari) stayed for 90 minutes, even though he was completely out of the atmosphere?”
“Honestly, Donis didn’t read the game well in the second half and he overdid it defensively, but thank God anyway.”
As for Muhammad Al-Otaibi, he wrote: “Mr. Dennis, can we know why the bad boy Salem Al-Dossari has stayed on the field until now?”
He added: “Disastrous level defensively and offensively, blocked balls and wrong passes. God forbid you drop back in the second half and play with 5 defenders after pressing and competing with a 4-4-2. 3 points were in the pocket.”
Mohamed Salah model
Fans accused Donis of not following the example of Egypt coach Hossam Hassan when he ruled out his first star Mohamed Salah for the Belgium game while the result was a positive 1-1 draw.
Adel bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Mulhim wrote: “Denis is the one who deprived us of three points. Egypt coach Hossam Hassan saw that international star Mohamed Salah was not performing well, so he replaced him.”
He continued. “From the beginning of the game, we play without attack. Salem (Al-Dosari), Firas (Al-Brayka) and Musab (Al-Jawair) were completely absent. However, Dennis refused to replace Salem and Firas and retain the lead.
While Muhammad Al-Ahmari wrote: “It needs to be firmly established in the minds of fans and players that survival is best on the field. This is the national team and this is the World Cup. We don’t want to go back to the era of ’94 and others.”
He explained. “Donis should have been brave in sending off Salem (Al-Dosari) like Hossam Hasan in sending off (Mohamed) Salah. Conceding on the pitch again should always be a bet between you and me.”
