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Green Falcons complete final training session ahead of Iceland World Cup warm up match

06.11.2022 - 00:03 arabnews.com

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia’s national football team concluded their preparations for their friendly match against Iceland on Sunday at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

The match forms part of the third phase of the Green Falcons’ preparatory program for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which begins later this month.

The match against Iceland on Sunday will be the fourth friendly for Saudi Arabia, before a fifth and final match against Panama.

It follows three other friendlies, which included a win over North Macedonia and draws with Albania and Honduras. Saleh Al-Shehri, Sultan Al-Ghannam and Nasser Al-Dosari continued their special training program, accompanied by the medical staff, in their bid to be fit and ready for the World Cup opener against Argentina.

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