Despite losing the match 0-1 to Jordan, Nasser Al-Johar, the newly appointed senior coach of the Saudi soccer national team, praised the performance of his players, saying that "the sole goal was a simple mistake of our goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah". In a press conference following the match, Al-Johar said the team was did well during the two sessions of the match but missed several chances that would otherwise changed the situation. I think that the Saudi team was not bad, otherwise more than one goal would have been inflicted. We have pressured the rival team but could not score, he concluded. With this loss, the team tailed group B with zero points. It will play Japan in rather a meaningful match to other parties of the group only.
