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| Saudi Arabia will face Ghana in a friendly match | |
| Date: 11/9/2007 | |
| By: SK |
RIYADH: AFC Asian Cup 2007™ runners-up Saudi Arabia will face Ghana in a friendly match to be held here at the King Fahad Stadium on September 11, announced the Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF). The match will be part of the team’s preparation for future commitments. Saudi Arabia’s Brazilian coach Hélio dos Anjos has called up 24 players mostly from the AFC Asian Cup™ squad to join a five-day training camp to be held in the Saudi capital from September 6. Mohammed Al Shalhoub, who missed the continent’s showpiece event due to injury, have been recalled for the first time by Anjos with Jamaan Al Jamaan and Saleh Basheer. Saudi Arabia lost to Iraq 1-0 the final of AFC Asian Cup 2007™ in Jakarta in July.
The squad: Yasser Al Mosailem, Assaf Al Garni, Ahmed Al Bahari, Ibrahim Hazzazi, Kamil Al Mousa, Talal Al Khaibrai, Redha Tukar, Walid Abdrabh, Osama Hawsawi, Jamaan Al Jamaan, Omar Al Ghamdi, Khaled Aziz, Taiseer Al Jassam, Saud Khariri, Abdoh Autef, Ahmed Al Mousa, Mohammed Al Shalhoub, Abdulrahman Al Qahtani, Ahmed Darwesh, Yasser Al Qahtani, Malek Maaz, Saad Al Harthi, Nassir Al Shamrani, Saleh Basheer.