Today, Thursday, Al Ittihad will resume their training in preparation for the remaining two rounds of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Professional League, Al Ittifaq and Al Bateen respectively.
The team’s technical headquarters gave the players a three-day rest after the Al-Taye match, which took place last Sunday in Hail at the end of the 28th round and ended in favor of the then hosts of the land (1-0). All players except the internationals are participating in training while the trio are causing concern with injuries to Romarinho and Muhannad Al Shankiti and Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah suffering from a high fever. Taei and he was in the hospital last Tuesday. Romarinho missed Al-Taei’s last match due to the accumulation of yellow cards which affected the team’s performance in this match as it is the most important attacking card for Al-Ittihad.
In this regard, the technical staff of the Olympic team excluded the player Muhannad Al-Shankiti from the team, which these days is participating in the AFC U-23 Championship in Uzbekistan, due to injury, based on a medical report after Ittihad and Al-Tay match.
Muhannad is currently undergoing treatment and will not participate in the team’s group training, which will begin on Thursday.
For its part, Contra demanded to secure a friendly match for the team during the current suspension period, especially since the team paid a heavy price to Al-Taei due to the players’ distance from the sensitivity of matches in the recent period, which had many pauses and few official matches.
Kuzmin called for one or more friendly matches to be secured, especially since the team’s first match will take place on June 18, which is scheduled against Al-Ettifak on the 29th round of the league, and the second and last match in the Journey of the League will be against Al-Batin on the 23rd. the same month.
Al-Ittihad leads the league, partnering with Al-Hilal, with 61 points, with a head-to-head margin in favor of Blue City.