Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi soccer star Salem Al-Dawsari has returned to full coaching with Al Hilal after recovering from harm, the Saudi Professional League runners-up introduced on Sunday.
The Riyadh membership posted a photograph of their captain on social media platform X with the caption: “Salem Al-Dawsari took half in group coaching after finishing his rehabilitation program.”
The 33-year-old winger had been sidelined for round 5 weeks as a consequence of a hamstring harm sustained in the course of the 2-0 victory over Mexico’s Pachuca within the ultimate group-stage match of the FIFA Membership World Cup in the USA.
Al-Dawsari scored the opener within the twenty second minute of that match and was named Man of the Match earlier than being pressured off within the 76th minute.
His absence meant lacking the rest of Al Hilal’s marketing campaign, which included a historic 4-3 extra-time win over English champions Manchester Metropolis within the spherical of 16, adopted by a slender 2-1 quarter-final exit to Brazil’s Fluminense.
Al-Dawsari’s return comes at a super time for the Saudi nationwide workforce, with simply two months remaining earlier than the AFC playoff qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the USA, Mexico, and Canada. The Inexperienced Falcons face Iraq and Indonesia at house on October 8 and 14, respectively, in Group B.
Below French coach Hervé Renard, Saudi Arabia shall be aiming to safe a direct World Cup berth for the seventh time of their historical past, having completed third in Group C of the third spherical behind Japan and Australia.
Al-Dawsari’s comeback is a significant enhance, particularly forward of the essential conflict with Iraq, who’re concentrating on a return to the match for the primary time since 1986.
The veteran ahead has earned 92 caps for Saudi Arabia, scoring 24 objectives, together with three on the FIFA World Cup: in opposition to Egypt in Russia 2018, and in opposition to Argentina and Mexico in Qatar 2022.
