Saad Al Shehri, coach of our Olympic team, praised the players’ commitment to reaching the final after they beat Australia 2-0 in the AFC 2022 semi-final at the Pakhtakor stadium in Tashkent on Wednesday. U-23 Cup in Uzbekistan. Hussein Al Issa (20) and Ayman scored Yahya (72) scored two goals for Al Akhdar. In the second semi-final match on Wednesday, also the hosts of Uzbekistan beat Japan 2-0 at the same stadium, and the final match will take place on Sunday, June 19, with the match for third and fourth places on Saturday. Al Shehri added: “We won and I am very pleased with this win and with what the players presented in the match as we played against a good team but thanks to our high pressure and attack building strategy we managed to create problems for the opposing team and win.”
He continued: “Missed chances are normal in football and we need to work on this issue more, but overall we are happy with the team’s performance in attack.”
Al Shehri explained: “So far we have played five matches and haven’t conceded a single goal as the players have put in a lot of effort. Now we will be thinking about the next match we hope to win and crown the title and there are slight differences between the two compared to the previous version. We were better prepared in the last edition, but now we want to catch up on the AFC U19 and U23 championships in previous years.”
