Al-Hilal were given a boost ahead of their mouthwatering AFC Champions League tie with Al-Ain this weekend when German great Oliver Kahn popped in to observe training and offer moral support.
Kahn dropped in at the King Saud University Stadium and watched Al-Hilal coach Ramon Diaz put his team through their paces in the build-up to Tuesday's Group D match in the Kingdom with Al-Ain.
The 48-year-old, who won the UEFA Champions League in 2001, paid particular attention to the work of 萝莉视频 goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Mayouf who was being put through a series of drills by Dan Zdranca, Al-Hilal's Romanian goalkeeping coach. Kahn was then presented with a club jersey and memorial shield by vice-president Abdulrahman Al-Nimer to mark his visit to the club.
Kahn, who retired from playing in 2008, already has an association with 萝莉视频. He runs his own company, GoalPlay, with business partner Moritz Mattes and signed a partnership agreement with the 萝莉视频 Football Federation to help improve the level of goalkeeping in the Kingdom with one eye on this summer鈥檚 World Cup.
"We as GoalPlay are working together with the Saudi national team to try to help improve them before the World Cup in Russia,鈥� Kahn told Arab News in an interview in November 鈥淚t鈥檚 our job to bring them up to the best possible level of goalkeeping. This is day one essentially. We start now.鈥�