Green coach: the development of the team depends on the development of Saudi tournaments

Juan Antonio Pietzi, the Saudi national football coach, has expressed his satisfaction for the performance of his players since taking office, despite the team's 1-0 defeat against Japan.

"I am satisfied with the performance of the players who have expressed my thoughts in the field, we are aware of our mistakes and we will do a thorough badysis in the coming period."

Regarding the defeat against Japan, Pietzi said: "We did not have the precision in the final touch of the players to translate the chances into goals." "The players have not let me down in their past matches and also against Japan." Do not forget that we faced one of the best teams on the Asian continent (Japan) and that most players participate in European leagues. "" We chose the best players and all deserved to represent the Saudi team at the Asian Forum.Everyone has seriously sought to implement the technical instructions and plans during The matches ".

"This is an important factor for a football team that can achieve its goals in the future, because preserving its identity is a way to succeed," he said.

He added that Saudi football could grow a lot if competitions were developing, which could give a stronger team in the future than it currently is.

And about his future with the national team, he stressed that he had not specified this, as his contract in the decision ending with the end of participation in the current Asian championship, should meet him soon to discuss this particular question.

For his part, forward Fahd Al-Mouloud said his team was not worth the loss against his Japanese counterpart and apologized to the Saudi team supporters after the end of the match , stressing that "the defeat is in the world of football".

"We were the best throughout the match, but the match was not our ally on the pitch."

"We have done everything possible to achieve a result that lives up to our ambitions as players and supporters, but it's the nature of the game: win once and lose the other."

Salem Al Dosari said the Japanese team took advantage of a unique chance to score the winning goal, while condemning the Saudi team's control of the match.

Ybader Al Shahrani pointed out that they had been working hard in the field and that they had spared no effort, but Al-Tawfiq was not an ally of the Saudi team, unlike the Japanese, who took the opportunity to achieve their goal of the match.