Soccer-Saudi coach Renard labels Iraq game most important of his career

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup - AFC Qualifiers - Group B - Indonesia v Saudi Arabia - King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - October 8, 2025 Saudi Arabia coach Herve Renard REUTERS/Stringer

JEDDAH (Reuters) -Herve Renard has called Saudi Arabia's World Cup qualifying clash with Iraq in Jeddah on Tuesday the most important game of his coaching career as they stand on the cusp of a place at next year's finals.

The Frenchman, twice a winner of the African Cup of Nations and whose Saudi side beat Argentina at the last World Cup, will lead his team into the clash needing only a draw to secure a berth at a seventh World Cup for the Gulf state.