The goals only came at the end of the match, but they were enough for three more points, in the last match of the year
Al Hilal went to Al Fayha’s ground with the aim of ending the year in the best possible way, before the break in the Saudi championship, which will last a month and a half. The team of Jorge Jesus and Rúben Neves had a lot of difficulties, but won 2-0, and now has 20 consecutive victories in all competitions.
The goals were scored towards the end of the match, first by Al Bulayhi, in the 86th minute, and then the usual suspect, Mitrovic, through a penalty, in the 90+11. With this goal, the Serbian scores for the 11th consecutive game in the Saudi championship, which is led by his team, now with 10 more points (provisionally) than Al Nassr of Luís Castro, Cristiano Ronaldo and Otávio.
Al Hilal will only play again in the SPL on February 15th, and they still have the first game of the round of 16 of the Asian Champions League three days before. Forgetting official games, Jorge Jesus’ men will still participate in the Riyadh Season Cup, a friendly tournament, where they will face Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami on January 29th.
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90+11′ – Golo do Al Hilal! Mitrovic missed a moment ago, but didn’t waste a penalty, which was signaled by the VAR, extending the advantage for the team of Jorge Jesus and Rúben Neves!
90+7′ – Great opportunity for Mitrovic, who fails in front of goal and could have scored the 11th consecutive goal in the Saudi championship.
90+1′ – Al Fayha goal, but the move is immediately disallowed for offside.
86′ – Golo do Al Hilal! Set piece for Rúben Neves, who crosses for Milinkovic-Savic’s header, assisting Ali Al Bulayhi for the only goal of the match!
79′ – Mitrovic close to the goal! The Serbian headed a cross from a teammate, and the ball went inches over the bar.
65′ – Another great opportunity for Al Hilal! Michael collects the ball on the edge of the penalty area and shoots hard into the bottom right corner, but Al Fayah’s goalkeeper makes a great intervention.
59′ – Great opportunity for Al-Hilal! First framed shot of the second half, in a great collective play, but Milinkovic-Savic’s shot is saved.
46′ – Goalkeeper replacement in the Al Fayha team, Ahmed Ali Al Kassar replaced Stojkovic, who had complaints in the first half, needing assistance, and did not return for the second.
Break in the match!
Jorge Jesus’ team is dominating the match, but cannot find the way to the goal.
45+8′ – Big opportunity for Al Hilal! Beautiful collective play by the visitors and Al Dawsari, alone, with everything to open the scoring, sends the ball over the bar and the teams go to the locker room tied at zero.
43′ – Another save from Stojkovic, after another shot from Al Dawsari.
32′ – Ball to the post! Great play by Al Dawsari, passing by two Al Fayha players, who are assisting Mitrovic, but the Serb hits the post and the ball goes over the end line.
29′ – Double great opportunity for Al Hilal, but goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic saves both shots, although in the second the player from Jorge Jesus’ team was in an irregular position.
20′ – Big opportunity for Al Hilal! Corner for Rúben Neves and Mohamed Kanno appears again to head the ball, this time hitting the post, but the ball goes out!
19′ – Big opportunity for Al Fayha! Sultan Mandash appeared isolated in the face of Al Hilal goalkeeper Bono, but shot over after a great collective play. The move was later disallowed for offside.
12′ – Corner for Al Hilal and header from Mohamed Kanno, slightly over the bar.
6′ – Shot, from outside the penalty area, by Al Dawsari, wide of Al Fayha’s goal.
Start of the match!
Al Hilal are looking for their 20th consecutive victory.
The eleven chosen by Jorge Jesus, with Rúben Neves:
O onze do Al Fayha:
Good afternoon! Jorge Jesus and Rúben Neves’ Al Hilal plays the last game of the year and the last game before the Saudi championship’s month and a half break. The SPL leaders go to Al Fayha, 11th placed, to try to end the year in the best possible way, achieving their 20th consecutive victory. The club is currently at the top of the table, with seven points more than second place, Al Nassr of Luís Castro, Cristiano Ronaldo and Otávio, who plays Al Taawon on Saturday (in fourth place).
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2023-12-29 17:11:00
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