Khaberni - Herve Renard, the coach of the Saudi national team, confirmed today, Monday, that the anticipated match against Iraq tomorrow is considered the most important in his coaching career, stating that victory is the only goal for the team in this decisive match.
The fans' attention is directed to "Al-Inma Stadium", which will host an anticipated summit between the national teams of Saudi Arabia and Iraq within the third round of the final Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
Renard said in the press conference held today, Monday: "Tomorrow's match is the most important match in my history as a coach and I will explain to the players tomorrow why this is, after the end of the match."
He added: "I am very lucky to be coaching the Greens and to be with experienced players like Saleh Al-Shehri, Salem Al-Dawsari, and Hassan Tambakti, and we focus calmly and look for victory and qualification."
He continued: "I returned to coaching the Saudi national team due to my confidence in the players and also my confidence in the federation president. I love challenges and difficulties and we have a strong motivation to snatch the qualification ticket. We know the quality of the Iraqi national team and the match is very important to us. At this stadium, we qualified in 2018 against Japan and in the 2022 qualifiers we progressed through Australia, and tomorrow what matters to us is the presence of the fans in the stadium. We like pressures and these are positive pressures for us."
Saudi Arabia's national team leads Group Two with 3 points, having scored 3 goals and conceded two, while the Iraqi team comes in second with the same score from one win, with one goal scored and none conceded.
