نعشق الصعب ونجيبها غصب

"Hey, you easy-going one, you see that the challenge is sweeter"… These words were spoken by the prince of words, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, the poet and the human, and today they were witnessed in the field by the passionate audience. Our national football team has qualified for the 2026 World Cup through a tough path, and how beautiful it is to achieve what you want with difficulty, after exerting effort and presenting the deserving qualification token.
Despite the Saudi Green not qualifying from the group stage, qualifying through the Asian playoff is sweeter and more beautiful, especially since it came against the Iraqi team, proving our national team's superiority in Asia by reaching the World Cup for the seventh time.
In the "Al-Inma" stadium, more than 60,000 fans celebrated our national team’s qualification for the finals after a goalless draw with Iraq, topping Group B on goal difference over the runner-up "Black Lions of the Tigris." The qualification came with merit and deserving, as all the stars of the Green shone, and goalkeeper Nawaf Al-Aqidi crowned this brilliance with his wonderful save of the free kick executed perfectly by Hassan Abdulkarim, but Al-Aqidi was right on time, soaring to deflect it away from the Saudi Green's den, and with it, the celebrations began… May your joy last, O dearest homeland.