2024-01-22 19:26:30
Saudi Arabia is losing in a battle that was not currently expected, and it came at the worst time!
Al-Nasr in the China camp and Al-Ahly in the Dubai camp are preparing to receive the duo Sekou Fofana and Franck Kessier, following their mission in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire is almost complete.
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The duo led the Elephants – the hosts and the fans – to lose tonight once morest Equatorial Guinea 4-0, making them currently occupy third place in Group A with three points, waiting for the end of the round, to know their fate of qualifying in the best third or not!
The international and Al-Raqi professionals did not perform what was expected of them since the beginning of the tournament, although Fofana was better off than Kessier on the individual level in some aspects, but the final result is not what the Ivorian fans expected.
In tonight’s match, Fofana’s mark was by making two goals, but unfortunately for him, both of them were disallowed due to offside, and other than those two shots, the Al-Nasr professional was criticized for misbehavior in the final touch for the majority of the match.
Fofana once morest Equatorial Guinea made three shots, none of which were on target, while his passing accuracy reached 85.2%, and he made two key passes.
The global professional lost in duels, succeeding only in two out of seven, and losing the ball ten times.
As for Kessier, his passing accuracy is 86.9%, and he has one key pass, while he lost the ball ten times, and lost two duels out of five.
The loss is as Saudi as it is Ivorian!
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With a broader look at what happened, Côte d’Ivoire is not the only loser in tonight’s match, but the Roshen League shares the loss with them.
While everyone is talking regarding the fact that the Saudi League is developing greatly, and includes a group of world stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Neymar da Silva and others, and all of these influence those around them with their experiences and frequent contact with them, in addition to the wonderful technical level of the competition in general, it came. Fofana and Kessier to destroy this view in the eyes of the African fans – at least – especially since they represent the second and third place holders in the Roshen League table!
Côte d’Ivoire in the ongoing tournament before tonight’s match, achieved victory in the first match once morest Guinea Bissau (2-0), then was defeated in the second match once morest Nigeria (1-0).
In each of them, the midfield, led by the Saudi League duo, was one of the weak points on the defensive level, and better off on the offensive level, but it remains bad as well.
Worse than that, the fans have already begun to hold their move to the Roshen League responsible. For example, one of them wrote on the “X” platform: “Fofana and Kessier seemed like normal players since they went to Saudi Arabia, but there are those who say the Saudi League is as strong as the French,” and another commented. : “Fofana and Kessier are not at their usual level. This is the case when you go to Saudi Arabia. The same is true for Mahrez, his rhythm is zero.”
The stars Fofana and Kessie have looked like banal players since they went to Saudi Arabia. But the Saudi league is as strong as the French league. I hope they pay you a lot to say such stupid things.
— Ricardo Silva (@rricardoosilva) January 22, 2024
The interesting thing is that the Ivorian duo is not the only one among the professionals of the Rushen League in the African Championship to decline in this way. There is the Algerian Riyad Mahrez; Al-Ahly professional, whose country’s fans are demanding that he retire internationally, including those who hold Saudi Arabia responsible for his decline in level, and Senegalese Sadio Mane; Al-Nasr is a professional. Although his country qualified for the round of 16, on the individual level, it has not yet entered the tournament atmosphere.
All of this would negatively affect the reputation of the Roshen League, so fans of the national teams would begin campaigns to demand that their players leave or avoid going there, as is actually happening currently, at a time that is the worst for the men of the Kingdom, as their journey has only just begun since last winter, that is, only a year has passed. Only one, and there’s still a long way to go, but it looks like it’s going to be more arduous than expected!
It seems that what officials are building in terms of a major renaissance in Saudi football is being destroyed by its ambassadors, who are professional players with their country’s teams in the African Cup!
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