A penalty converted in extra time by ex-Azulgrana Frank Kessie gave Al Ahli a win (1-0) over Spanish Gabri Veiga’s Al Khaleej.
All was even in the match until a foul inside the area after a corner from the Portuguese Ivo Rodrigues to Brazilian Roger Ibañez It was the penalty that Kessie took and gave Al Ahli the three points. Is he sixth goal in the Saudi championship of the former player of FC Barcelona.
Veiga started, but saw a yellow card in the 36th minute and was replaced to Firmino’s 68. Success is resolved in the end.
Leader Al Ahli did not disappoint
It was the third successive victory for Al Ahli, who are third in the Saudi Pro League table, three points behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr, who play Al Taawon on Saturday, and thirteen behind leaders Al Hilal, who won with difficulty. , with a purpose Ali Al Bolayhi four minutes from the end and another from the Serbian Aleksandr Mitrovic, from a penalty in extra time, at the Al Feiha field (0-2) and added their 20th straight victory, 12th in the league, shooting them into the lead.
The team that the Portuguese train Jorge Jesus, which has in his ranks Moroccan Bono, Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly, Portuguese Rúben Neves or the Serbs Sergej Milinkovic Savic and Aleksandr Mitrovic and in their squad, although out of circulation due to injury, the Brazilian Neymar, leading second in the standings by ten points, the Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassrwho still have to play, against Al Taawon, their commitment on this nineteenth day.
This was Al Hilal’s advantage at the start of this second round of the competition with Mitrovic scoring again, to seal the match in extra time. The Serbian has seventeen goals and located at two from Cristiano Ronaldo in the grading classification.
In other matches played in the nineteenth round, Al Raed won in extra time against Abha (4-3) thanks to a goal from the Cameroonian Oumar Gonzalez.
Al Raed, with Khalid Al Subaie, Moroccans Mohammed Fouzair and Karim El Berkaoui as their scorers along with Oumar Gonzalez, achieved their second straight victory and moved away from relegation with Abha, who held that draw. thanks to the contribution of Hassan Al Ali, who scored a double, and the Argentine Fabian Noguera. He has four points left.
Source: La Verdad
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