Why is Saudi Arabia remembered for 2002 more than 1994?

Discussion in 'Saudi Arabia' started by HomokHarcos, Jun 6, 2015.

  1. HomokHarcos

    HomokHarcos Member+

    Jul 2, 2014
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Most teams are remembered for their best performances, Cameroon are mostly remembered for 1990, Bulgarai for 1994, Croatia for 1998, South Korea for 2002, and Costa Rica for 2014 are examples. However, I noticed an exception, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia performed well at the 1994 World Cup advancing out of the group stage with wins over Morocco and Belgium, with their game-winning goal against Belgium considered the goal of the tournament. But it seems like when most people remember Saudi Arabia at the World Cup, they remember their 0-8 loss against Germany and them finishing 32rd at the World Cup, why is this?
     
  2. hammad_friend

    hammad_friend Member

    Dec 26, 2005
    Dubai, Karachi
    Club:
    Al Hilal Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    Then Brazil should be remembered for 2014 World Cup as Biggest Losers in the Semi-Final. Yes, 8 goals were scored in that match which involved yet again Germany but this time it was 7-1 in favour of Germany against Brazil... So, Saudi should not be considered a minnow for their 1 off loss that can happen to any country...
     
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  3. HomokHarcos

    HomokHarcos Member+

    Jul 2, 2014
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was defending Saudi Arabia. I was trying to say I don't think it's fair that most teams are remembered for their best performance while Saudi Arabia are remembered for their worst.
     
  4. Aimar 21

    Aimar 21 Member+

    Jan 27, 2011
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    I think it will be better if I know when you say "remembered", by who? The non-Saudis will remember the 0-8 NT because it's that biggest defeat in WC history, and the fact that it was as recent as 2002 so the younger generation probably didn't witness the 94 achievement.

    The Saudis however have had their success in 96 at Asian Cup and before that but since then the national team has been heading in the wrong direction, so most of the post-94 results are viewed as failures, and the 8-0 is just considered another failure but on a world stage.
     
  5. HomokHarcos

    HomokHarcos Member+

    Jul 2, 2014
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I meant by the outside world.
     
  6. Aimar 21

    Aimar 21 Member+

    Jan 27, 2011
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    So the first paragraph of my post is my guess. :thumbsup:
     
  7. hammad_friend

    hammad_friend Member

    Dec 26, 2005
    Dubai, Karachi
    Club:
    Al Hilal Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    Right, what's the solution?
     
  8. HomokHarcos

    HomokHarcos Member+

    Jul 2, 2014
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm not an expert on Saudi football, but the problem usually seems to be that the SAFF does not trust their coaches and nobody's job seems stable. I think with the way Saudi football has been recently, making the World Cup would be a big step forward.
     
  9. hammad_friend

    hammad_friend Member

    Dec 26, 2005
    Dubai, Karachi
    Club:
    Al Hilal Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    Correct, Saudi FA should hire their own local coach (son of soil) and stick to him for 4 to 8 years no matter what the outcome, confidence has to be built up, and Sami Al Jaber or any other local coach (other than old ones) would be a start to rebuilding process...
     
  10. Aimar 21

    Aimar 21 Member+

    Jan 27, 2011
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    They have one now, Faisal Albudain, but he is probably -as always- a temporary choice.
     
  11. al ittihady

    al ittihady Member

    Jan 5, 2009
    Club:
    Al Ittihad Jeddah
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    It was just because it was biggest win by goal margin in WC and I dont think any one can beat it..Other reason is, since KSA used to get qualified as only Arab state from the Middleeast , they used to get a lot of media hype from around the GCC and Arab countries. There hype gone hyper when the 8-0 demolition happened and there curiosity to how jealous they were came out.

    Although we are still remebered by the great goal by Saeed Owarain where if you still search the greatest world cup goal his name still pop-up. Also we are also famous for only team playing in WC with all players playing in the local league and featuring the shortest player in WC match "Mohammed Shalhoub".:D
     
  12. +PL+

    +PL+ Member+

    Jun 22, 2015
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    What happen to usual care taker Naser Al Johar?
     
  13. Aimar 21

    Aimar 21 Member+

    Jan 27, 2011
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    I haven't heard of him since his last unsuccessful tenure with the NT in the 2011 Asian Cup when he resigned to work as an "advisor" for the FA, so it's safe to assume we won't be seeing him on the bench again.
     
  14. burning_phoneix

    Jul 13, 2008
    Saudi Arabia
    Club:
    Al Wehda Mecca
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    Let's be realistic, while Saudi Arabia's 1994 tournament WAS impressive, it wasn't THE MOST impressive for a small nation during the history of the competition.

    While the 8-0 record is the worst in World Cup history, no team has beaten it.

    Look at it this way: Brazil will be forgiven for the 7-1 loss because they've won the damn thing 5 times already. They have plenty of reputation and prestige in the tank. The 7-1 was the exception.

    Saudi Arabia? 1994 WAS the exception. 1998 was poor, 2002 was a disaster and 2006 was underwhelming. KSA doesn't have a reservoir of prestige on the International stage to offset the 8-0. To get people to forget, Saudi Arabia needs to put in a couple of good world cups.
     
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  15. gaucho16

    gaucho16 Member

    Jul 2, 2012
    El Salvador lost 10-1 to Hungary in 1982.
     
  16. RaminS

    RaminS Member

    Dec 5, 2016

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