Saudi Classico: Remontada Hilaliya frustrates the Al-Ittihad joy
Al-Hilal inflicted the first loss on the Al-Ittihad team and temporarily snatched the lead in the Saudi Professional League, by defeating it 4-3 in El Clasico. It fulfilled all its promises, and both sides shared the brilliance throughout the two halves of the match.
Al-Hilal scored a historic “Remontada” at the summit of the fifth round of the Saudi Professional League, as it overturned its delay by three to a four-to-three victory on a night whose substitute star was Michael, who participated in the second half and contributed to tipping the scales in favor of his team, Al-Hilal, in addition to the Serbian Mitrovic, who He scored a hat-trick against Grohe.
Al-Hilal raised its score with this victory to 13 points, to temporarily rise to the top of the Saudi Professional League, a point behind Al-Ittihad, who continued second next to Al-Ahly.
The confrontation, which was held at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, witnessed a large audience, amounting to 23,743 thousand spectators.
The match, which was stopped by the referee for several minutes, started because of the fumes rising from the stands and obscuring the view of the stadium, and these stops continued until the tenth minute. While the referee counted about 12 minutes of added time in the first half and the same amount in the second half.
Fabinho and Coulibaly and a struggle over the ball (EPA)
The first minutes witnessed defensive mistakes on the part of Al-Hilal, which Al-Ittihad almost exploited more than once, but Ruben Neves’ excellence contributed to preventing two attacks.
The net was quickly scored in El Clasico, after the Brazilian Romarenho gave his team, Al-Ittihad, the lead with the 16th minute, after he received an elaborate pass from Abdel-Razzaq Hamdallah and cornered it in the net.
Al-Hilal did not wait long until it equalized with the goal of carrying a perfect artistic glimpse from the Serbian Mitrovic, who translated Saud Abdel Hamid’s cross into the Brazilian Grouhy’s net, the first goal he conceded this season.
And with the 27th minute, Abdel-Razzaq Hamdallah, the Al-Ittihad striker, missed a second goal, after getting a dropped pass from Coronado behind Al-Hilal’s defenses.
Yassin Bono saved Al Hilal’s net from a goal after he confronted a unilateral attack by the Brazilian Romarenho minutes later.
Frenchman Karim Benzema, the captain of the Al-Ittihad team, gave his team the lead again after he scored Yassin Bono’s net with the aim of carrying a wonderful technical glimpse, as Ahmed Bamasoud sent a cross that Benzema stung with his heel into the net.
Kanou grabs the ball from Karim Benzema during the confrontation (EPA)
Al-Ittihad appeared in a perfect and wonderful manner and continued its successive attack on the Al-Hilal goal, which seemed to surrender on the offensive side and had many mistakes on the defensive side.
Moroccan Abd al-Razzaq Hamdallah refused to leave the first half without making his scoring mark after he contributed in an exemplary way to the first goal and was a source of annoyance to Al Hilal’s defenses. Hamdallah received a wrong ball from Savic inside the penalty area, cornering it in the net of his compatriot Yassin Bono, a third goal.
And in his actual first appearance during the first half, the Brazilian Malcom almost reduced the deficit after he sent a falling ball, which the crossbar prevented from entering the net.
The Portuguese coach, Jesús, coach of Al Hilal, gave up a defensive card at the start of the second half, as he directed Mohamed Kno and replaced him with the Brazilian Michael, to return the Serbian Savic to the defensive roles and give Malcolm, next to Michael, more offensive roles.
Yassin Bono saved his team from conceding a fourth goal in favor of Al-Ittihad, after a unilateral attack by Frenchman Karim Benzema.
Substitute Michael played a major role in turning the tide during the second half of the match, as he sent a cross that the Serbian Mitrovic raised and put it into Grohe’s net in the 61st minute.
Michael kicked off again with a crescent ball a few minutes later to enter the penalty area, but he was hindered by Ahmed Bamasoud, with whom the referee announced a penalty kick in favor of Al-Hilal. Mitrovic advanced to it and scored the equalizer and his third goal in the match.
Al-Hilal almost strengthened its progress through corner kicks more than once, but the crossbar prevented that at one time, and Al-Ittihad goalkeeper Grohe at another time.
Salem Al-Dosari gave his team, Al-Hilal, the lead in the match for the first time, after he invested a pass from Savic and cornered it inside Grohe’s net for a fourth goal with the 71st minute.
In the capital, Riyadh, Cameroonian Tawamba led his team, Al-Okhdood, to record its first victory in the league, after winning its match against Riyadh with a single goal without a response.
With this victory, Al-Okhdood raised its score to four points, advancing towards the twelfth place in the league standings, and Riyadh continued to record its results with the third loss in succession.
2023-09-01 23:18:52
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