Saudi Arabia make goal hero Dawsari captain against Poland

Saudi Arabia's defender #04 Abdulelah Alamri, Saudi Arabia's midfielder #23 Mohamed Kanno, Saudi Arabia's midfielder #18 Nawaf Al-Abed and Saudi Arabia's forward #11 Saleh Al-Shehri attend a training session at the Sealine Training Site in Sealine, south of Doha, on 25 November 2022AFP

Saudi Arabia named Salem Al-Dawsari, the player whose goal earned them a famous victory against Argentina in their World Cup opener, as captain for their second match against Poland on Saturday.

Poland's forward #09 Robert Lewandowski (L) takes part in a training session with teammates at Al Kharaitiyat SC in Doha on 25 November, 2022, on the eve of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football match between Poland and Saudi Arabia
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Poland are captained again by Robert Lewandowski, the Barcelona forward who is still looking for the first World Cup goal of his career after he missed a penalty in his side's opening 0-0 draw with Mexico.

Salman Al-Faraj, who usually captains Saudi Arabia, is not in the starting line-up after suffering an injury in the team's opening match.

Argentina face Mexico in the other Group C match later Saturday.

Teams

Poland (4-4-2)

Wojciech Szczesny; Kamil Glik, Jakub Kiwior, Matty Cash, Bartosz Bereszynski; Grzegorz Krychowiak, Piotr Zielinski, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Krystian Bielik; Arkadiusz Milik, Robert Lewandowski (capt)

Coach: Czeslaw Michniewicz (POL)

Saudi Arabia (4-1-4-1)

Mohammed Al-Owais; Abdulelah Al-Amri, Ali Al-Bulayhi, Mohammed Al-Burayk, Saud Abdulhamid; Abdulelah Al-Malki; Sami Al-Naji, Mohamed Kanno, Feras Al-Brikan, Salem Al-Dawsari (capt); Saleh Al-Shehri

Coach: Herve Renard (FRA)

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (BRA)