Saudi women play out 1-1 draw with Palestine in Jeddah friendly

The Saudi women’s national football team drew 1-1 with Palestine on Thursday night in match that took place as part of a training camp in Jeddah.

The two teams faced off at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal stadium last night in the second of two friendly matches, having also met on Monday for a game that ended 0-0.

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Leen Mohammed put Saudi Arabia ahead on 18 minutes with header from Lana Abdulrazaq’s corner, and the Green Falcons managed to hold on to the lead until halftime. 

Despite the introduction of the team’s star forward Al-Bandary Mubarak for Fatima Mansour, Finnish coach Rosa Lappi-Seppala’s team could not add to their tally.

There were further second half Saudi substitutions with Layan Jouhari replacing Atha Al-Fahad, and Dalal Abdulatif coming on for Bayan Sadagah, but it was Palestine who managed to score next to tie the match on 68 minutes after a mix-up in the home defence.

The Saudi starting line up was made up of Sarah Khaled, Leen Mohammed, Tala Al-Ghamdi, Raghad Mukhaizen, Bayan Sadagah, Atha Al-Fahad, Sara Hamad, Lana Abdulrazaq, Noura Al-Ibrahim, Fatima Mansour and Al-Bandari Howsawi.