Al Ittihad temporarily took the lead despite a draw on Thursday against his guest Al Raed without a goal in the Foundation Day Tour match, the 18th stage of the Saudi Pro League Roshen, 21st is in tenth place in the League.
Al-Ittihad went in search of three points, but was faced with a purely defensive method, resorted to by Samudika, Al-Raed’s coach.
Al Ittihad were affected by a large absence from Santo’s squad but started the match with early offensive pressure while Al Raed played with full defensive caution.
There was no danger for the two goals and perhaps most notably in the first 20 minutes was that Sultan Al-Farhan received a yellow card after protesting the referee’s decision in midfield, after which Al had some timid opportunities. -Ittihad.
In the 29th minute, Igor Coronado almost scored the first goal for the federation, but goalkeeper Silvo Long’s vigilance prevented this dangerous attempt and turned into a corner.
In the 34th minute, Elder Costa manipulated Al Raed’s defenders with great individual effort, and the goalkeeper also intervened and pushed the ball away from his goal.
The progress of the first half went to the 45th minute, which was far from any technical verdict from the two teams, and the original half ends with the Swiss arbiter adding two minutes of lost time, which ends the first half. with a goalless draw.
Second half
At the beginning of the second half, Nuno Santo made a substitution, replacing Abdulaziz Al-Bishy Harun Kamara, and from the 47th minute, Harun Kamara practically broke through the defense of Al-Raed from the first ball and hit a powerful ball that went past the left post of the pioneer.After a quarter hours, the performance of the two teams improved, attacks by Al-Ittihad appeared, and from a cross pass from Bamasud, Kamara and Romenu did not cope with it properly.
In these minutes, Al Ittihad had opportunities, especially from the left side of Bamasud, in particular, who was replaced by Zakaria Hawsawi, to activate the attacking left side instead of Bamasud in the 63rd minute.
Al-Ittihad dominated this second half and match, and in the 73rd minute, the left post deprived Haroun Qamar of the first goal, and he rebounded to Bruno Enrique, who did not take advantage of this and knocked the ball out of the field.
The pressure continued and Al Ittihad’s attack failed to put in the available opportunities and in the 87th minute the manager made the final substitution, with the entry of Muhammad Al Sayari and the entry of Helder Costa.
And at the end of the second half, the Swiss Sandro added 8 minutes of lost time. There was a demand from the players of Al-Ittihad penalty kicks. A minute later, Romarinho missed a real opportunity that went beyond the gate, which was very close to the first goal.
In the 100th minute, Harun Kamara managed to score, but the referee pointed out that the Swiss Sandro ended the match in a negative draw between the two teams.
