The Lebanese winger and captain of the national team of Saudi Arabia Salem Ad-Dawsari commented on the result of the match with Uruguay in the first round of the group stage of the World Championship 2026, the official website reports.

Saudi Arabia - Uruguay 1:1 Video of goals and review of match 16. 06. 2026 Ad-Dawsari appreciates that his teammates on the national team deserved three points, and hopes to correct the amends of the future.

" Piece by piece we can reach the next round. We came here not just to take part from the World Cup, but to go through with it.

We hope to correct our plans in the upcoming match in order to achieve a new challenge and get closer to the playoffs. This was not the first world championship for me, and today we demonstrated the character of the national team of Saudi Arabia. Skoda, we weren’t able to achieve the desired result,” indicating the 34-river Salem.

In the week, 21 June (early start - about 19:00 outside Kiev), Saudi Arabia will meet with Spain at the American Atlanta Stadium.