Recently, Saudi Arabia's soccer scene has made waves again, with Saudi international Fahd Al-Muwaleed testing positive for doping after a Round of 12 match, with two consecutive positive urine tests. Fahd has now been fully banned from the tournament, with future punishment still pending. A stalwart of the Top 12, Fahd will likely miss the upcoming Qatar
World Cup
Born in 1994, Fahd has been famous for a crucial goal since 2012. In the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League that year, he scored for Etihad against Guangzhou coached by Lippi, and with the other team leading 2-0, Fahd struck a fatal shot to help Etihad win 5-4 on aggregate, and in the 2013 Asian Cup qualifiers, Fahd once again stepped up and scored the first goal for the Saudi team, which helped the team to beat the Chinese team 2-1. To date, Fahd has played over 70 matches for the Saudi national team, contributing 17 goals, making him the king of goals scored by the Saudi team at the end of the 12-team tournament and a major contributor to the team's advancement.
However, on the issue of banned substances, Fahd can be called a "regular", this is not the first time he has problems in the banned substances test. in April 2018, he was found to have taken banned substances in the domestic league in Saudi Arabia, and was punished with a one-year ban.
In this incident, the Saudi side did not specify which Top 12 match after which Fahd had problems, but according to the analysis, it is likely to be the March 24 away match against China. After the match, the entire Saudi team quickly returned to Jeddah to prepare for the March 29 home match against Australia. However, in the match against Australia, Fahd, who had just finished playing against China, was not included in the starting lineup, and then the Saudi media exposed the news that he had tested positive for banned substances.
According to FIFA regulations, a player being detected with a banned substance in a single match does not affect the final result of the match, but the player himself will face punishment. Currently, the Saudi side has temporarily banned Fahd from all soccer activities, pending further decisions by FIFA.
