Mancini slams players for opting out of Saudi squad

Saudi Arabia boss Roberto Mancini criticised the players who refused to play in the Asian Cup

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00:00 "Salman, the first time in the camp, he said that he doesn't want to come to play for the

00:08 friendly game.

00:10 I don't think that one player can decide when or not can come.

00:16 Second is Soutan and Nawaf.

00:19 I spoke with both before the list and I asked them if they were happy to come in the national

00:26 team.

00:28 And Soutan told me that he was not happy.

00:31 That 'oh, I play, I don't come, okay'.

00:36 There is no one player that can decide if I have to play or not.

00:41 I decide this.

00:42 I think that the national team is not a club.

00:44 The national team, you represent your country.

00:47 All the people that you leave in your country.

00:49 You should be happy only if you are a part of this group.

00:54 This is a very strange situation for me.

00:56 It's the first time that I have this."