Saudi Arabia will play Uruguay at the Rostov Arena on Wednesday. They lost 5-0 to hosts Russia in the World Cup's opening match, while Uruguay beat Egypt 1-0 in their first game at this summer's tournament.

"We are critical of the result [of our encounter] with the Russian team, I take the responsibility for this.... We'll do whatever it takes to reach Uruguay's level and defeat them. It's absolutely normal that Uruguay declare that they will defeat us.... We want to show that we are... able to compete," Pizzi told journalists.

He added that Saudi Arabia were able to face the best teams of the world and were fit enough to face Uruguay.