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07/12/2010 |
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today's training Began with warm up exercises followed by Fitness exercises.then the team coach Mr. Ioan Marin Conducted some tactical exercises and ends the trining with a short match. On the other hand the team along with the club's management will go after a training session tomorrow to one of the Dammam restaurants to eat dinner. regarding the match against Ettihad the team managment decided that the players will enter in preperation camp on Thursday after the training
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06/12/2010 |
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The first team continued it's training in preparation to face Ettihad on Friday after returning from a camp in Kuwait late last night to Dammam. And limited training exercises on the swimming pool and Jacuzzi to strting players in the game aginst Salmiya and normalstamina and entertainment exercises for for replacements and reservists players. On the other hand Saleh, Yousif, Yahya Rashid and will arrive in Dammam this evening after finishing thier task of national duty with the national team and they will engage in exercises with the rest of the players tomorrow.
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23/11/2010 |
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,,,,Zayani puts Saudi football on Asian map,,,
Khalil Al Zayani is recognised as the father of
coaching in Saudi Arabia after emerging as the first truly great tactician in the Kingdom.
His pioneering pursuits took Saudi Arabia to unprecedented heights in the continent as he led the country to victory in the 1984 AFC Asian Cup in Singapore.
Zayani’s rise as a coach was a natural progression given the success he had as a player. He played for Al Ittifaq club from 1962 to 1972, captaining the side in 1965 when they won the Crown Prince Cup.
He was also part of the team who won the 1968 King Cup.
His coaching career started soon after he retired as a player, as an assistant for the Al Ittifaq first team. In 1976, he was promoted to head coach.
That particular tenure lasted two years but he had several stints with the club, winning the Saudi League in 1982 and 1987 and the Gulf Club competition in 1983 and 1988, the same year they won the Arab Club Championship.
National call-up
In between he brought glory for the nation as Saudi Arabia coach, a mission he first started in March, 1984. That was when he was called up by his national federation and asked to travel to Muscat, Oman to replace Mario Zagalo, coach of the legendary Brazil World Cup-winning team of 1970 that featured Pele.
Zagalo was let go after a 4-0 defeat to Iraq as the Saudis collected only one win from their first three matches.
Zayani, however, proved up to the task as he oversaw a draw against Kuwait and victories over United Arab Emirates and Bahrain as Saudi Arabia finished third.
In 1984, he also took Saudi to the Olympic Games finals in Los Angeles, considered a marvellous achievement at the time. But his sights were firmly fixed on the AFC Asian Cup scheduled for December that year.
Zayani called up several younger players, including 19-year-old Hussein Al Jamaan, who would go on to score twice in the final.
Saudi Arabia won Group A ahead of Kuwait, Qatar, Syria and Korea Republic. They followed up with a 5-4 penalty shootout victory over Iran after a 1-1 draw in extra time.
Asian Cup glory
Zayani’s decision to go with youth paid off with the Saudis defeating China 2-0 in the final for their first-ever AFC Asian Cup title.
Al Zayani said about the tournament: “That was our first ever title, and everyone was happy to get such a magnificent continental success..
“The psychological side of football is very important and this should work hand-in-hand with the tactical side.
“The Asian Cup in Singapore had always special meaning, not only for me but for all the people involved in Saudi football at the time.
“It was the start of a great era for us and we became one of the strongest sides in Asia in the following years.”
In 2002, after a long career as a coach, Zayani decided to move from the bench to behind-the-desk role, as vice-president of Al Ittifaq. He is also an occasional television pundit
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30/06/2010 |
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Fitness trainings in german jungels had been performed by Ettifaq players who didn't play the friendly match againist Loutieh Team yesterday. Meanwhile , the main team is ready for tommorow preperation match which going to be played in Amesterdam.
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Abdulmuttaleb Al-Treadi
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