Christian Atsu makes debut for Saudi side Al-Raed

Al-Raed Premier League football team suffered a 2-0 loss against Spanish club Ibiza in a friendly match in its preparatory camp in Spain.

Al-Raed started the match under the leadership of Spanish coach Pablo Machin, with a squad consisting of:
Ahmed Al-Rahili – Mohammed Al-Dosari – Aqil Balghith – Mohammed Salem – Mansour Al-Harbi – Abdullah Majrashi – Mansour Al-Bishi – Mohammed Al-Sahli – Ahmed Al-Zain – Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi – Abdullah Al-Muqrin.

The first half of the meeting ended with the Spanish team advancing with its first goal.

In the second half of the meeting, the coach made a number of substitutions as follows:
Entry:
Awad Khamis
Christian Atsu
Sultan Al-Farhan
Hussein Al-Nakhli
Raed Al-Ghamdi
Exit:
Mansour Al-Bishi
Ahmed El-Zein
Mohammed Al-Sahli
Abdul Rahman Al-Ghamdi
Mohammed Al-Dowsary
Abdullah Majrashi
Abdullah Majrashi

Al-Raed did not succeed in returning and scoring the equaliser, but the Spanish team settled the match with a second goal that ended the confrontation.

On the other hand, the Moroccan player, Mohamed Faouzir, was present to follow the match, after he had recently completed the travel procedures for Spain, and is expected to participate in the upcoming group exercises.