Saudi League
The French striker who arrived as the great reinforcement of this season, was able to change history but his shot was blocked by the rival goalkeeper.
05/08/2023 – 21:20hs UTC
© CaptureBenzema suffers his first failure in Saudi Arabia
Karim Benzema suffers his first setback since he left the Real Madrid. The now striker and benchmark for Al-Ittihad could not avoid defeat against Al-Hilal and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Arab Champions Cup.
The French footballer of Algerian descent had the discount to achieve the feat at his feet, but his shot was guessed by Abdullah Al-Mayouf. Which marked the elimination of his team.
From the beginning, Al-Hilal took advantages over the team that had ex-Real Madrid from the first minute together with Kante, Coronado, Romarinho and Marcelo Grohe in the arch
The first blow was given by the former Lazio, Milinkovic-Savi at 14′. Then Salem Al-Dawsari He put the penalty 2-0 on the close of the first half. Already in the complement, Romarinho marked the discount in the 56′. When it seemed that the tie was falling, the Brazilian appeared Malcom and in minute 70 he left the score 3-1.
After that, Al-Ittihad was able to recover through a penalty on Romarinho. After the VAR review, the sanction was confirmed in favor of the cast directed by Nuno Espirito Santo. As was to be expected in this type of definition, Karim Benzema was in charge of taking responsibility. He had also scored in the last games confirming his benchmark poster.
But on this occasion, the great reinforcement of the Saudi Professional League could not beat the rival goalkeeper and the shot was contained without major complications. What hit Al-Ittihad that finally could not come back and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
When does Cristiano Ronaldo play?
This Sunday the other two qualified for the semifinals of the Arab Champions Cup will be defined. All eyes will be on the duel of Al Nassr in Cristiano Ronaldo before Raja Casablanca.
The Portuguese has been key in this year’s campaign and even scored a saving goal at the end against Zamalek to now try to be among the four best teams in the tournament. The winner will face Al Shorta who beat Al-Sadd 4-2. Meanwhile, Al-Hilal awaits the winner of Al Shabab and Al-Wahda.
2023-08-05 21:31:39
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