Spain v Saudi Arabia: World Cup 2026 – live...

The Saudi Arabia coach, and Blackburn legend, Georgios Donis, spoke about the challenges facing his team: “Spain is not the same ⁠team when Yamal or Williams are on the bench. “While they still have plenty of possession, they lack the individual one-on-one penetration when these two are ⁠missing. I’m not saying it’s a problem for Spain, but when those players are missing, they play in a ​different way. We saw this very clearly against ‌Cape Verde. “We are playing against one of the best teams in the world, and it’s very important that when you play against these kinds of teams, you ‌should enjoy the experience and respect the opponent, but not too much. “It is very hard for any team playing against Spain to ​have any time in possession. So what we must do is to be more in control of our movement and compact, and when the ball goes through the lines, be able to defend dynamically. “It’s nice to see miracles in football, and we’ve seen favourites losing against underdogs. ​Of course, it’s great for Saudi ​football to have a great memory of ​the result against Argentina, but we aren’t drawing anything from that. “I think we’ll feel more pressure in that [Cape Verde] game than we will against Spain.”