Immediately after the match in Doha (Qatar), India’s Sport Star page ran the headline: ” Who is Mohammed Al-Owais, the Saudi Arabia goalkeeper who shocked Argentina? South American team when Saudi Arabia stunned Argentina at Lusail Stadium causing Messi and his teammates lost in shock”.
According to statistics, goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais had 5 saves lost 10 times, won 2 times against Argentine players in one-on-one situations and had 14 accurate passes upfield.
In addition, Mohammed Al-Owais’s ability to control the 16m50 area is also Very admirably, he hardly made any mistakes in aerial combat situations, even when Saudi Arabia’s defenders were defeated by the through passes of the Argentinian players. The Saudi goalkeeper was able to appear as a central defender. defend the net to cut off all these attacks.
Saudi Arabia’s own Arab News pointed out the most important save that Mohammed Al-Owais made in the match against Argentina: “Every situation Mohammed Al-Owais saved all dangerous situations, including Nicolas Tagliafico’s close-range shot (only about 3 meters from the goal).
Mohammed Al-Owais’ brilliant performance in the match with Argentina causing both world pay attention to this goalkeeper, but this is not the first time the Saudi Arabia goalkeeper has played at the World Cup.
4 years ago in Russia Mohammed Al-Owais was present. He was the main starter for the Saudi Arabia team in the team’s 0-1 loss to Uruguay in the group stage. However, that was the tournament in which Saudi Arabia was eliminated too early, so no one paid attention to Mohammed Al-Owais in particular and the Saudi Arabia team in general.
Previous Mohammed Al-Owais has spent 10 years playing professional football in his homeland for Saudi Arabia’s top 3 clubs, including Al Shabab Al Ahli and Al Hilal.
This 31-year-old goalkeeper (1m87 tall) plays for the team. Since 2015, the Saudi Arabia team has played 43 matches for the Saudi team.
However, one thing is quite certain, despite shining despite being a hero for Saudi Arabia against an all-star Argentina. can play well in a few more matches at World Cup 2022 goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais will not leave his home country to play football in Europe after this year’s tournament.
The players Saudi Arabia’s players do not have the habit of going abroad to play because their income, although not comparable to stars in Europe, is still enough for these players to become USD millionaires.
Above all, Saudi Arabian players do not want to take risks in a football environment outside the borders of Saudi Arabia, which may have a big difference with Arab culture, making it difficult for them to integrate. That’s why for many years, the Arab football team has always been one of the few teams to use all domestic players in World Cups.
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