Bahrain, desperate situation is even more "yellow card crisis"

The reporter reported coldly Ahead of the round of 18 in June, the Bahrain national team did not train ahead of the usual schedule, as the Bahraini league only ended its regular season on 27 May, and there were also matches involving relegated teams and teams participating in the relegation play-offs. As a result, Croatia coach Taradzic will have his first training camp on May 28, the day after the league ends, just eight days before the home game against Saudi Arabia on June 5. Even so, the Bahrain team will divide the training camp into two phases, the first of which will last for five days at the Wyndham Bahrain Bay Hotel, and then the training camp will be moved to the Bahrain National Stadium, where the competition will be held.

Against Saudi Arabia, the Bahrain team can play except for the main winger Madan who plays for Ajman in the UAE league and is suspended for accumulating yellow cards. The team's leading scorer, Humaidan, said in an interview that he was very optimistic about the prospects of beating Saudi Arabia at home: "This group is very competitive and anything can happen on the football field. We've shown what we're capable of and beating Saudi Arabia in the Gulf Cup at the start of the year gave us plenty of confidence. Now, we're going to continue that momentum into the last two decisive games. "The match against Saudi Arabia is about the mentality of the Bahrain team's second-time national football team. If Bahrain can't get all three points at home, the chances of the Bahrain team advancing to the play-offs are extremely low.

Bahrain's strikers have been in excellent form of late, with Abduljabbar scoring twice at home to Australia in November and now scoring in nine consecutive games for the club. He opened the scoring for Bahrain with a 3-2 win over Saudi Arabia in the opening game of the Gulf Cup at the end of last year. His club team-mate Romaisi has also scored in 10 consecutive games for the club. However, he received a yellow card against Indonesia in March and will miss the match against the national football team if he gets another card against Saudi Arabia. The Bahrain team has a serious yellow card, and Romaisi is just one of them. As many as eight of the team's regular internationals have one yellow card, a situation that has seriously affected Taradzic's line-up.

A tough home game against Saudi Arabia in June, followed by a match against the national team, would have a non-injury attrition for the already limited Bahrain team, which will also have a direct impact on their performance. The loss to Indonesia in March was directly related to the absence of the main central defender Bennardi due to the accumulation of yellow cards and suspension. That defeat not only gave Indonesia a points advantage in the play-offs, but also put Bahrain in a desperate situation where they had to pick up at least four points in their two games in June to qualify for the play-offs.

However, the Bahrain team is confident of beating Saudi Arabia at home. In addition to defeating the opponent in the Gulf Cup at the end of last year, in the 2010 World Cup Asian play-offs, the Bahrain team relied on Abdullatif's equalizer in four minutes of stoppage time in the away game, eliminated the Saudi team with the advantage of more away goals, and entered the intercontinental play-offs with New Zealand. In the first leg of the round of 18, the Bahrain team also retreated 0-0 away from home.

Because of this, the Saudi team, which is four points ahead of Bahrain and the national football team, is on the verge of a big enemy, and coach Hainach announced a training squad of up to 34 people, which will start training in Khobar near Bahrain on May 28. However, four Jeddah United players and three Qadisiyah players will not be able to return until after the Saudi Crown Cup final on May 30. At the request of coach Hainah, the Saudi Football Federation also arranged a closed warm-up match with the Jordanian team on May 30 to improve the team's form. Of course, for the national football team, if the Saudi team can beat Bahrain is the most advantageous, it can make the opponent basically lose hope of qualifying. Later, when the away country is soccer, Bahrain's morale and combat effectiveness will be affected.