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Coach Juan Antonio Pizzi took his place in the Saudi Arabia manager’s dugout for the first time in November 2017. He still has to wait for his his first competitive game in charge of the Green Falcons, that comes against Russia in the World Cup’s opening match. During his seven-month tenure the Argentine has been packing as many friendly games as possible to gauge where the side is and what needs to be done before the eyes of the world will be on the side on June 14.
During qualification under Bert Van Marwijk, the Green Falcons usually played in a 4-3-3, happy to sit back against the better teams, look to hit on the break and get the ball forward quickly. Pizzi has been trying to get the players to play the ball out from the back more. It has worked to a…
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