Al-Hilal beat their hosts Al-Ittifak with a clean double in the postponed match of the 20th round of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Pro Cup, which took place yesterday, Wednesday, at the Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Stadium in Dammam.
Al Hilal reduced the gap to leaders Al Ittihad and ahead of the expected El Clasico next Sunday to 6 points, raising his tally to 55 points, with four rounds left before the end of the league.
The first half started with clear pressure from Al-Hilal and Al-Hilal’s midfield and attack gave no chance to negotiate a capture or formation of any attack and the first half hour was negative before the first threat to Abdullah appeared in the 27th minute. Al Hamdan, who hit a hard ball, which was brilliantly deflected by Rais Mbuli and in the 30th minute from a corner, the Korean Chang Hyun rises on her, and Ali Al Bulaikhi finishes her with the first goal of the match, with the Argentine referee Fernando. Rapallini ends the first half.
As the second half began, Al-Hilal continued to score despite the replacement of Carteron. In the 49th minute, Abdullah Al-Khatib prevented striker Michel Delgado. The Argentine referee did not hesitate to award a penalty. Nigerian striker Ighalo took the lead. and scored the second goal from it, which greatly deflated the Al-Hilal team, after which Ramon Diaz began to make successive substitutions Ali Al-Bulaikhi left, and he was replaced by Muhammad Jahafli in a clear change of coach to replace Al-Bulaikhi and the fear of getting a yellow card , which could prevent him from facing Al-Ittihad in the next match.
The half continued with Hilal’s full possession in a match that was perfect for Al Hilal, who didn’t receive a single card, while Mohamed Al Quekibi received the only yellow card after his strong performance against the Korean Jang.
Referee Fernando announced 7 minutes of stoppage time, in which nothing changed, after which he blew his whistle at the end of the match, with Hilal winning and a new defeat for the agreement still in danger in 13th place, with 27 points, for four round to the end of the league.
