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Palestine's home game vs. Saudi Arabia shifted to Jeddah amidst bizarre circumstances

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Bassil
Jun 07, 2015
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A crazy week for football got a little crazier when the Palestine Football Association unexpectedly announced a major scheduling change. 

Instead of opening 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers on home soil the game was due to be played in Saudi Arabia due to "exceptional circumstances" that the Kingdom was facing. 

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