Arab Games 2023: Saudi Arabia is a champion of the Arabs at the expense of Syria

The Saudi national team, under the age of 19, won the Arab Championship title by defeating its Syrian counterpart by penalty kicks (4-3) after the original time ended in a positive draw (1-1) in the final match of the fifteenth session of the Arab Sports Games (Algeria 2023), which was held in the evening. Friday at the May 19th Stadium in the Algerian city of Annaba.

Suhaib Al-Zaid opened the scoring for Saudi Arabia at the 11th minute, and before the end of the first half, the Syrian team managed to adjust the score through Mardik Mardikian.

During the second half, the two teams did not succeed in scoring any goals to end the meeting in a draw; then going to the penalty shootout, which was eventually won by the Saudi team.

It is noteworthy that the Saudi national team qualified from the group stage by coming second, after tying with the Syrian and Mauritanian national teams, before defeating the Palestinian national team in the third round; To face the top team of the first group the Algerian team in the semi-finals, and succeed in overcoming it (2-1).

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