Saudi Arabia revives the hopes of qualifying for the World Cup with a difficult victory over China

The Saudi national team revived the hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in America, Canada and Mexico after its difficult victory over its Chinese guest 1 /zero today, Thursday, in the seventh round of the Group C matches of the Asian qualifiers.

The referee canceled a goal for the Saudi green in the 37th minute after returning to the mouse technology, as a result of a hand touch against Faisal Al -Ghamdi.

China has played with ten players since the last seconds of the first half to expel its player Lin Lianjing as a result of a violation against Hassan Kadash.

In the second half, Salem Al -Dossary, Al -Hilal midfielder, rejected the starring role and scored the valuable winning goal for Saudi Arabia in the 50th minute after receiving a pass from Saud Abdel Hamid near the goal to hit his right foot in the net.

The Saudi national team raised its score to nine points in third place, one point behind the runner -up Australia, in light of the struggle between them on the second direct qualification card for the World Cup, after the Japan team won earlier today with the first qualification card.

The Chinese team remained in last place with six points, after receiving the fifth defeat, against two wins.

The Saudi national team scored its second victory in the qualifiers for three draws and two defeats.

The only other victory for the Saudi national team in the qualifiers at the expense of China also came 2/1, and since then the team lost twice against Japan / 2 and Indonesia with the same result, and tied negatively with Australia and Bahrain.