The Saudi national team travels to Qatar in two batches to participate in the Arab Cup.. for this reason

A news report stated that the first Saudi national football team will head to the Qatari capital, Doha, to participate in the Arab Cup, in two batches.

The Saudi national team will depart from Riyadh next Saturday as part of a delegation that includes some players and the technical and administrative staff, with the rest of the team members joining the delegation on Sunday, due to the Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad teams’ ties with two matches in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, according to the Saudi Al-Riyadiya newspaper.

The quarter-finals of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup tournament will begin tomorrow, Friday, with Al-Khuloud playing against Al-Khaleej, while Al-Ahly will face Al-Qadisiyah, and the competitions will continue on Saturday, in which Al-Hilal will play its guest Al-Fateh, while Al-Ittihad will host its counterpart Al-Shabab in Jeddah.

Because of these two matches for Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad, the joining of some players to the Saudi national team will be postponed for 24 hours.

The newspaper explained that the Saudi national team will perform its first training session in Doha upon the mission’s arrival, with Al-Ahly and Al-Qadisiyah players undergoing light physical training due to their participation in Friday’s match in the cup tournament.

The Saudi team’s group in the Arab Cup was completed with Oman qualifying at the expense of Somalia, and the Comoros at the expense of Yemen in the qualifying stage, in addition to the fourth team that had already qualified, which is Morocco.