Saudi football coach Herve Renard has denied he plans to quit his job following his team's semi-final loss against Jordan at the FIFA Arab Cup on Monday.
Midfielder Nizar Al Rashdan headed home in the 66th minute as Jordan stunned Saudi Arabia 1-0 at the Al Bayt Stadium on Monday.
Renard, 57, is under pressure to remain in the job after Saudi Arabia's shock exit from the 16-team tournament. The Frenchman is in his second stint as coach having managed the Saudi side from July 2019 until March 2023.
Renard replaced Roberto Mancini as Saudi coach in October last year.
Three years ago, Renard oversaw Saudi Arabia's spectacular 2-1 win over Argentina at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
"I have a contract and I (will) continue my job," Renard said as a matter of fact after the match against Jordan.
"After all I am not the one deciding what to do (and) if someone wants something else ... this is not my problem," he added.
"I (will) continue (as coach). If someone (from the Saudi Football Federation) is telling me 'your job is finished', I will go somewhere else. This is football life," Renard said.
The Frenchman said Saudi Arabia lacked coordination at the back against Jordan.
"They were crossing (in) a lot of balls when they were in the offensive part (of the field). We were 4 against 2 (players) when Jordan scored the goal. We were not efficient defensively. We got two very good chances but we didn't score," Renard said.
"It was difficult for us to create a lot of chances and it was difficult for us to keep the score at 0-0 for long. They continued to attack. We were not strong enough defensively," he said.
"We prepared (for) the game against Jordan very well. The statistics of the game are clear. We got 69 percent of ball possession vs 31 percent. We knew the strategy exactly of the Jordan team before the game,"
Renard said.
Saudi Arabia will take on the UAE in the third-place play-off on Thursday at the Khalifa International Stadium.