The hardest thing a person can experience is when life gives him a new opportunity, but he wastes it with his own hands. This is what the Saudi senior national football team did, against Bahrain, this evening, Tuesday.

The Saudi national team fell into a goalless draw (0-0) against its Bahraini counterpart, at the “Radiant Jewel” Stadium in the city of Jeddah, in the fourth round of the group stage, in the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

With this result, the Saudi Green team failed to take advantage of the Australian team’s draw with its Japanese counterpart (1-1), this afternoon, Tuesday, in the same round of the Asian qualifiers.

The Saudi national team remained in “third place” in the standings of the third group of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, with 5 points from 4 matches, with a goal difference from “runner-up” Australia, and five points from “leader” Japan.

For its part, the Bahrain senior football team also maintained its “fourth place” in the Group C standings, with 5 points from 4 matches as well.

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Salem Al-Dosari enters the “black history” of Saudi Arabia

Salem Al-Dosari, star of the first football team at Al-Hilal Club, entered the “black history” of the Saudi national team. From the portal of the Bahrain match in the World Cup qualifiers.

Salem missed a penalty kick in the 20th minute of the first half, in the Saudi-Bahrain summit. This is the fifth goal a player has made in a national team shirt, in various competitions.

The Al-Zaeem Al-Hilali star thus became the player who missed the most penalty kicks in the history of the first Saudi national football team, surpassing the two legends Sami Al-Jaber and Majed Abdullah.

Al-Jaber missed 4 “penalty kicks” out of 10 he took with the first Saudi national team, while Majed Abdullah missed 4 “kicks” out of 13.

As for Salem Al-Dosari; He missed 5 “penalty kicks” in the Saudi Green shirt, out of 9 he took throughout his international career, meaning he scored only 4.