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The three time Asian Cup winner Saudi Arabia has recently announed their 33 men preliminary squad for the coming AFC Asian Cup 2007. There was not any surprise in the squad. However, most of the players seem new in the international level as many of them have little experience in international arena. Saudi’s Brazilian coach Hélio Angos has recently said that the present time in Saudi football is a transitional period as many of its former players are taking retirement.

Here, I am giving the name of all the players of preliminary squad:

Walid Abdullah, Yasser Al Musalim, Assaf Al Garni, Hussain Suleimani, Kamel Al Mousa, Abdullah Shuhail, Ahmed Al Bahri, Ibrahim Sharhili, Ibrahim Hazazi, Walid Abd Rabu, Majed Al Amri, Usama Hawsawi, Usama Al Mowalad, Hamad Al Montashari, Redha Tukar, Taisir Al Jassim, Khaled Aziz, Saheb Al Abdulla, Omar Al Ghamdi, Saud Khariri, Ahmed Darwish, Ahmed Al Mousa, Mutaz Al Mousa, Abdo Autef, Mahmoud Al Shlhoub, Abdulrahman Al Qahtani, Yasser Al Qahtani, Malek Maaz, Saad Al Harthi, Naji Majrashi, Yusuf Al Sallem, Naser Al Shimrani, Saleh Bashir

Well, it is true that Saudi Arabia is not a favorite team in Asian Cup 2007 as their recent performance in the international arena is now satisfactory. However, Saudi Arabia has some potential footballer like Yasser Al-Qahtani and Malek Moaz. So, I think Saudi Arab fans can hope for a bright future of Saudi football but for Asian Cup 2007, it would be little early.