Saudis backed by Asian soccer boss

Wed, 27 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Asian Football Confederation general
secretary Peter Velappan yesterday defended Saudi Arabia's
decision not to send its World Cup side to the Asian Games in
October.

The Saudi federation is to send an under-23 side to the
October event in Japan. But Velappan commented: "You have to
understand how tired the World Cup squad is. They have basically
been training for the World Cup since last October."

Velappan also said he preferred seeing under-23 rather than
national sides compete for the Asian Games. This is more in
keeping with the age requirements for the Olympics football
competition.

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