JEDDAH: Ƶ's Green Falcons flew to Russia on Saturday after finishing their World Cup preparations.
A tweet on the national team’s official account made the announcement: “We are here!” accompanied with a photo that says “ Hello Russia”.
The team has left for St. Petersburg after completing their World Cup preparations, with a 2-1 reversal, against Germany on Friday night and now nerves will be starting to jangle ahead of the tournament curtain-raiser.
Several pictures on the Twitter account showed the Saudi delegation in formal attire as they snapped selfies outside the national carrier airplane, breaking the design of a falcon with a body of the Saudi flag.
Ƶ’s national squad will play the opening game of the World Cup against host country Russia.
Ƶ are the second lowest ranked side in the World Cup — Russia are the lowest at 70 — so expectations are low, but with Egypt not in great form and without Mohamed Salah for at least some of the group stage, there is a feeling the Green Falcons could seriously contend for the second spot in the group behind Uruguay.
