Soccer-Saudi Arabia's failure to create chances sealed fate, coach says
HOUSTON, June 26 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's inability to hold the ball and create attacking chances doomed the team in a goalless draw with Cape Verde at Houston Stadium on Friday in their final World Cup Group H match, coach Georgios Donis said.
"We were very poor in creating actions. One cannot win a game this way," he said.
He added that Saudi Arabia had problems putting pressure on Cape Verde's backline aside from a short period of time in the second half.
"Our line of attack was not doing well. Our greatest problem today was creation and this was self evident."
Donis praised his players, saying the World Cup journey was a good experience but he would need to reassess the performance down the road.
"It was not what we wanted because when playing in such a match against a team more or less the same level of us our level was not good. This gives cause for concern," he said.
"The journey was good and I would like to thank the players."
