{"id":633338,"date":"2026-10-01T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/633338\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:38:09","slug":"a-saudi-media-figure-shocks-saudi-arabia-and-predicts-the-uae-will-be-crowned-gulf-cup-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/633338\/","title":{"rendered":"A Saudi media figure shocks Saudi Arabia and predicts the UAE will be crowned Gulf Cup champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Saudi media figure has turned heads with his prediction over who will lift the trophy at this year&#8217;s Arabian Gulf Cup, hosted in Jeddah.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia are gearing up to face Qatar, with the winner going on to meet whoever comes out on top between Oman and the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Read also: &#8220;Arrogant and getting old&#8221;: Saudi fans shock Ronaldo!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the &#8220;Al-Arabiya FM&#8221; programme, media figure Saud Al-Sarami said: &#8220;The Saudi national team has been subjected to a media game during the recent period. I hope our national team will be helped by creating a calm atmosphere around it and separating it from the charged issues 48 hours before the anticipated match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;There are some satellite and media channels trying to tear down our national team, but we must support all the players to overcome the Qatar hurdle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His verdict was clear: &#8220;I believe the UAE national team is the first favourite to win the title, because it is the most prepared in my humble opinion.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Saudi media figure has turned heads with his prediction over who will lift the trophy at this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[278103,85,46,1823,78,286259,105],"class_list":["post-633338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gulf-cup","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-qatar","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-saudi-arabia-vs-qatar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}