With his first goal in the Saudi Pro League and also his debut as captain, Karim Benzema scored the victory of Al Ittihad against Al Riyadh of Spanish rookie Juanmi (0-3) and kept the entire victory in the competition.
The former Real Madrid player, was very active in a whole clash where he shared eleven with the French Ngolo Kanté and the Brazilian Fabinho, among others, they beat Al Riyadn, placed in the middle of the table and with the reinforcement of exbético Juanmi, headline.
Benzema opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a pass from Rosemary and, eventually, a brace from Moroccan abderrazak hamdallaone from a penalty, ended the Portuguese team’s victory Nuno Holy Spirit who got the win in extra time thanks to Saleh Al Amri and lead the table with nine points from three games and thanks to goal difference. He has scored nine and has yet to concede much.
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Benzema debuted on his goalscoring account and premiered as captain after this week’s strained relationship with Nuno Holy Spirit, considering that the Frenchman’s way of playing does not suit his system.
Two points behind Al Ittihad is Al Hilal of neymar, who hasn’t played yet, is injured. They were part of his team in the win against Al Raed, former Sevilla players Bono, Ruben Neves, Aleksandr Mitrovic, Malcom and Sergei Milinkovic Savic, who were sent off in the final stages.
Mitrovic, two goals from Salem Al Dawsari and another by Abdullah Al Hamdam gave a new victory to the table of Jorge Jesuswhich is third in the standings.
Kessie decides to pass from Firmino
In addition, the next group of Gabriel VeigaAl Ahli, won in extra time with a goal from the former Barcelona player Frank Kessie passes from Roberto Firmino in a group that also includes Moroccans Riyad Mahrez to overcome Al Akhdoud (1-0) and also maintain the full number of victories equal to Al Ittihad albeit with a worse goal difference.
El Al Ettifaq’s Jordan Henderson and Moussa Dembele they drew with Al Khaleej (1-1) while Al Wehda beat Al Taee (0-3).
Source: La Verdad
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