Al Hilal to strengthen its lead from the Riyadh gate… and Neymar rolls up his sleeves
Al-Hilal team seeks to maintain its lead in the Saudi Professional League when it welcomes its guest, Riyadh, to Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium “Al-Malaz” in the sixth round of competitions that comes after the first pause of the current season.
The Capital Blue enters the match ecstatic about the great victory over Al-Ittihad and the historic remontada that took place in that confrontation and turned a three-goal deficit into a four-goal victory that witnessed the presence of the first hat-trick by its Serbian striker, Aleksandar Mitrovic.
The features of the participation of Brazilian Neymar, the team’s star, who joined this summer in a deal that became the most expensive in the Mercato, which closed on September 7th, were not clear. Neymar participated with his country’s national team after recovering from the injury he sustained.
Al Hilal is still awaiting the appearance of its most prominent star, Neymar, with the team for the first time since his arrival from Paris Saint-Germain in France, in a deal that represents a great technical addition and gives the capital city Blue a great opportunity to try to regain the league title that it lost last season to the Al-Ittihad team.
Moroccan Romain Saiss will make his first appearance for Al-Shabab today (Al-Shabab Club)
Technically, the balance is tilted in favor of Al Hilal, which includes distinguished elements on the team and individual sides compared to its host, the newly promoted Riyadh team, after an absence from the Saudi Professional League for more than twenty years.
Al Hilal, led by Portuguese Jesus, is betting on the great scoring euphoria experienced by Serbian Mitrovic, who scored four goals for the team in three matches in which he participated, in addition to continuing his great presence of mind even with his country’s national team when he scored a “hat-trick” against Lithuania in the qualifying rounds for the Euro Championship. 2024.
Al Hilal team achieved an ideal start this season, as it won four matches and tied in one match, and its ranks are now complete in light of the readiness of all the names it possesses and the return of the injured, such as Abdul Ilah Al Maliki and Salman Al Faraj, in addition to Neymar, whose participation will depend on the date of his arrival in Saudi Arabia after the break. Representing his country, Brazil.
As for Riyadh, which has only collected four points so far through its victory over Al-Wahda and its draw against Damak, it lost its last three matches and did not succeed in gaining any point, as the team occupies fifteenth place with only four points.
Riyadh hopes to achieve a positive result against the star-studded Al Hilal, but it is counting on completing its ranks with the deals it completed in the last days of the summer transfer market, as it signed Jamaican striker Andre Gray, who has extensive experience in English football fields.
In Al Majmaah Sports City, the Al-Shabab team is seeking to rise from the frustration that befell it at the beginning of the current season and kept it from tasting any victory so far in the past five rounds, when Al-Laith Al-Asimi will be the guest of its counterpart Al-Fayhaa team.
Al-Shabab realizes the difficulty of the confrontation, especially since Al-Fayhaa has become a developed team and has recorded positive results so far. However, the changes that have occurred in the team over the past few days and the signings may give Al-Shabab a better morale boost to achieve its first positive result.
Argentine Juan Brown takes over the training of the youth team after the Dutchman Luis Kaiser was dismissed after the team’s loss to Al-Khaleej before the last break. Coach Brown, who works as a coach for the “youth” category, does not seem to be a stranger to the team, as he took over its leadership during the period of preparations for the external camp and led it in the first match. During the season in the King Salman Cup for Arab Clubs against Al-Nasr, which ended in a draw.
A snapshot showing the high morale of Al Hilal players in recent training (Al Hilal Club)
Al-Shabab will be revitalized by the expected participation of Moroccan international defender Romain Saiss, who will give Al-Shabab’s back line greater strength due to the technical strength he is known for, while all eyes will be on Belgian Yannick Carrasco, who joined the team in the last days. The return of player Miteb Al-Harbi is also expected, as is the participation of the local duo. Hamad Al-Yami and Abdullah Redeef after joining the team on loan until the end of the season from Al-Hilal Club.
As for the Al-Fayhaa team, which is armed with a confrontation on its home soil, the Orange team is certainly seeking to come out with a positive result a few days before the start of its campaign in the AFC Champions League for the first time in history.
Al-Fayhaa strengthened its ranks in the last days of the summer transfer market with Moroccan international Abdelhamid Sabiri, which will give the team additional attacking power, in addition to the presence of star Zami Sakala.
At Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Stadium in the city of Dammam, competition and conflict rages between Al-Khaleej, the host of the land, and its guest, Al-Fateh, in light of the two teams’ euphoria over the great victories they achieved before the break, as Al-Khaleej won against its host, Al-Shabab, by three, while Al-Fateh rained five goals on Al-Ahly’s net.
Al-Fateh has changed its ranks in recent days with the departure of Brazilian Petros and the transfer of Firas Al-Braikan in exchange for the presence of Mukhtar Ali from Al-Nasr and the signing of Cape Verdean striker Djanini Tavares to compensate for the absence of Al-Braikan, as Al-Modi seeks to produce a positive result that enhances its progress in the league’s ranking list.
As for the landowner, who succeeded in achieving his first victory last round at the expense of Al-Shabab, he is looking forward to continuing the victories and coming out with three points against Al-Fateh, and Al-Khaleej is missing the services of its player Abdul-Ilah Hawsawi, who was suspended for a match after being eliminated with a red card in the last round.
2023-09-15 16:25:17
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