The game will begin at 4:20 Saudi Time, 1:20 GMT. It will be played in Hanoi, Vietnam. Saudi Arabia squad arrived in Vietnam yesterday Monday. Expected line-up :- --------------------------Yaser alMusayleem-------------------------- --Ahmed AlBahry---Osama Hawsawi----Waleed Abdurabh---Kamil Mousa- -------------------Khaled Aziz---------Saud Kariri--------------------- -----------------Tayseer AlJasem--------Abdulrahman AlQahtani------- ---------------Yaser AlQahtani(C)--------Malek Mouath--------------- I predict it 1-1 and we win in penalties 4-3. And good luck to Saudi Arabia, all our prayers and hopes with our NT, allah m3ak ya alakhdar.
Lets all hope luck is on our side because we need all the luck for tomorrow. Once we go through this, the cup is ours.
Be realistic and realistically speaking, Saudi Arabia will lose this match for sure !!! Saudi Arabia is lucky to reach the Semi-Final. I don't believe that Japan will score not less than 2 goals against Saudi Arabia and I believe that Japan might score 4 goals against Saudia however, it will be difficult for Saudi Arabia to even score a single goal against Japan. Japan is far more better team as compared to Saudi Arabia in this Asian Cup !!! We can only pray, hope and wish that Saudi Arabia wins this match against Japan and the Asian Cup, otherwise, the chances are only 5%.
1-1 HT. We conceded a stupid stupid stupid goal. Our keeper is liability Let's hope we can get another smash and grab goal and this time DEFEND it.
As-Salaamu A'laikum wa RahmatUllahi wa barakathuhu --- Alf mabrook mashALLAH(SWT)........ Let's not underestimate Iraq ---- they're as good a team as any..... InshaALLAH(SWT) we will win.
Congrats to all Saudis. Those who understimated our NT, they did it, reached the final for the 6th time. The 4th cup is coming guys, inshallah nothing will stop us. Hard luck Japan, not this time.
Congrats to not only Saudis but to All Saudi Soccer Fans. Why are we always left outside Saudi64??? Though, I did underestimated not only yours but our too NT but really... Saudi Arabia deserved to win this one for sure !!! Before the begining of the match, I thought Saudi Arabia wasn't playing good and only relied on individual moves but today, Saudi National Team proved it wrong and they used the individual skills when and where required, otherwise, they were playing like a one unit / team all the way through. Even Yasir Al Gahtani and Malek Al Mouath and offcourse, Taseer Al Jasim were playing like a team and using their individual skills only when the situation demanded / required. The first and second goals by Saudi Arabia were due to perfect team work while the third goal was because of individual brilliance by Malek Moath, and at that time, the situation demanded that Individual flavour which ultimately, boosted the moral of the entire team. If the team keeps on playing like this, then no doubt we can lift the Asian Cup. There were few scary mements though and especially 7 minutes before the full (90) time when Japan hit the cross bar. No goal keeper in the world could have done any thing to stop that shot. Also, there are little things to rectify for future games like not to give the opponent too much time to shot at the goal. Rest, the Saudi Defence played perfectly alright IMO. However, not underestimating Iraq, I sure see Saudi Arabia bringing back the cup Home. Insha' Allah This is the best match ever played between the two sides and especially by Saudi Arabia against Japan. So, I hope through this game, Saudi NT fear against Japan will end and now they will start playing similarly against Japan in future as well.
Bravo to all the players that proved that superior individual talent and skills when coupled with passion and spirit can still win you games against more organized and disciplined teams. Congrats to all Saudis and all the fans of the Saudi NT no matter where they are from.
Saudis, Saudis fans they are all the same. I never mean there's a difference. I hope we can do a similar performance against Iraq, and 4th cup Inshallah back to KSA.
This is the first time i am saying this before any asian cup matches of Saudi ARabia. But i think we can win over Iraq.
Congrats to Saudi Arabia! You people deserved to win. Saudi Arabia was far better team. Japan deserved to go out.
Alf Mabrooooooooooook! We had no internet connection for 36 hours and I missed the game!!! But I watched the highlights on CNN, I was watching all the goals not knowing the score, I thought the last highlite would be Japans 3rd and I jumped out of my bed as if it was live when Malek scored! Amazing! Anyway, lets not get carried away, we will be a different team with a different mentality when we face Iraq, they will surely be our toughest opponent! BEWARE!
Of course Japan deserved to go out. I knew Japan wouldn't win this Asian Cup. Anyways, congratulations to Saudi Arabian team. I hope you guys keep beating the hell out of Japan.