Al Hilal paid tribute to Neymar and without him its leadership was consolidated

The Serbian goal Aleksandar Mitrovic After half an hour of play, it was enough for Al Hilal to beat Al Khaleej (1-0) in Riyadh, adding their third consecutive victory and consolidating the leadership of the Saudi Pro League despite the absence due to damage of Neymar.

Before the match started, teammates and the stands of the King Fahd stadium remembered the former Paris Saint-Germain player. Al Hilal football players wore shirts with their name and number ten and a banner with the Brazilian’s face and the phrase “back strong” was displayed in the stands. In the 10th minute they also sang in support.

Neymar, Al Hilal’s flagship, was seriously injured in the Brazil team this week. Fight the Portuguese team Jorge Jesus the long absence that awaits him and yet, with other reinforcements such as the Moroccan goalkeeper Bondthe Brazilian Malcolmthe Serbian Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, the portuguese Ruben NeveI am Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly He defeated a rival who was in the middle of the table.

The match was unbalanced after half an hour with Mitrovic’s goal. Still no losers, Al Hilal leads Al Taawon by three points and at six until Introduced by Karim Benzema which did not exceed the draw this Friday against Al Taawon (1-1). The former Real Madrid player scored two goals, one for each team. He opened the scoring for his side in the 22nd minute but leveled it at four later when he tried to deflect a header into the net of his own goal.

Win for Tello’s team

He clearly won Al Fateh by Spanish Cristian Tello to Abha, second to last (4-1). The Moroccan Mourad Batnanthe Cape Verdean Djaniny, the armenian Lucas Zelarayan and Abbas Al Hassan the locals did a lot. Zakaria Al Sudani made it the only one for Abha.

In other matches of matchday ten, Al Feiha won at Al Akhdoud (1-2).