![Japan's Daiki Sugioka (C) chases after Saudi Arabia's Ayman Shafiq Alkhulaif (R) during the men's quarter-final football match between Japan and Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on August 27, 2018. (Photo by MONEY SHARMA / AFP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/AHSNAKKFM27FKSXTH26CKEM4RE.jpg?smart=true&auth=4c1e466611e01a07f8851afde7070b6a0eb3578cfe0676c189a4efbd26c67c5e&width=400&height=225)
Saudi Arabia's Ayman Al Khulaif in action at the Asian Games in Jakarta last summer. AFP
Saudi Arabia's Ayman Al Khulaif in action at the Asian Games in Jakarta last summer. AFP
Saudi students offered free tickets for Asian Cup games
Free tickets aim to foster sense of national pride among the thousands of Saudi students that go to university in the UAE