Prince Sultan Bin Fahd, Chairman of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare and President of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF), approved Monday the names of players selected by the technical staff for the coaching camp to be held in Riyadh from next Saturday in preparation for the remaining matches of the Asian qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The probables are: Walid Abdullah, Hassan Mo'az, Zaid Al-Muallad, Abdullah Shuhail, Ahmed Otaif, Abdu Otaif, Nasser Al-Shamrani and Naif Al-Qadi (Al-Shabab), Majed Al-Marshadi, Abdullah Al-Zori, Khaled Aziz, Omar Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed Al-Firaidi, Yasser Al-Qahtani and Mohammed Al-Shalhoub (Al-Hilal), Saad Al-Harithi and Kameel Al-Wabari (Al-Nasr), Mansour Al-Naj'ea (Al-Hazm), Walid AbdRabbo, Moa'taz Al-Mossi, Malik Mo'az and Taiseer Al-Nitaif (Al-Ahli), Ridha Takar, Osama Al-Muallad, Saud Kariri, Abdul Rahman Al-Qahtani, Manaf Abu Shokair and Mohammed Ameen (Al-Ittihad), Osama Hawsawi, Kamel Al-Mor, Ahmed Al-Mousa, Eisa Al-Mihayani and Talal Khaybari (Al-Wehda), Saleh Al-Ghoainim and Abdul Malik Khaybari (Al-Qadssiya), and Majed Al-Amri (Al-Ittifaq). During the preparatory camp, the Saudi team will play international friendlies. The first will be against Syria on May 24 and the second will be against Kuwait on May 27. The Saudi team still has to play four matches in the qualifiers for the Asian Group IV. Two matches are against Lebanon in Riyadh and Beirut, one against Singapore in Singapore and the last against Uzbekistan in the Saudi capital. Hilal vs. Hazm today After Al-Shabab and Al-Ittihad secured their spots in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup for Champions' final, Al-Hilal and Al-Hazm meet in the third place playoff in Riyadh, Tuesday. Al-Hazm of Al-Rass was picked for the newly-formed championship for champion clubs after it produced good results in the Saudi Premier League. The need arose after Hilal won two championships which left one spot vacant. Hilal goes into the match as favorite after it won all the three encounters against Hazm during the season. Ammar Al-Suayeh, Hazm coach, and his players will face another psychological barrier Tuesday against the Premier League champion, Crown Prince Cup holder and Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Cup runner-up. Hazm players can, however, use the Hilal players' depression to their advantage. Hilal though would be looking for a win to boost its morale, more than anything else. It might be a good chance for Hilal coach to test new players such as Badr Al-Deayea, Mohammed Deayea's nephew. __
