Al Hilal, with a goal added by the Brazilian Michael, achieved victory over Damac (2-1), raising the number of consecutive official victories to 29 and taking another step towards the Saudi Pro League title .
The Portuguese set Jorge Jesus He has already broken the record of matches won in the history of football. He achieved his 28th victory, his 16th in the league, and now he raised the record in a match that he carried out with difficulty.
Against the last rival he did not lose
The last time Al Hilal did not win a match was on September 21. Precisely against Damac, which he ran into this Saturday. That match ended in a draw. And on the 24th it was not until extra time that the leader of the competition was able to carry out the match.
Al Hilal, with the Moroccan bonds, the senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly, the portuguese Ruben Nevesthe Brazilian Malcolm and the serbs Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Aleksandr Mitrovictook the lead in the 79th minute with Salem Al Dawsari’s goal.
The visitors, led by the Romanian Cosmin Contra, They equalized in the 86th minute thanks to a breakthrough from Croatian Domagoj Antolic, but then they were left with ten players for ousting Dhari Al Anazi.
Al Hilal took advantage of the superiority, scoring in the 92nd minute, through Brazilian Michael and added his 29th consecutive victory, the 17th in the Saudi Pro League, in his hands. He is 12 points ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr and 21 points ahead of Al Ahli, third.
Al Ittihad won without Benzema
This is the square that Al Ittihad, led by the Argentine, is looking for. Marcelo Gallardo and he won, without Karim Benzema, at Al Fateh field where Spanish Cristian Tello (2-4) is playing.
Al Ittihad are four points behind Al Ahli. And the goal of Gallardo’s team is to qualify for the next edition of the Asian Champions League, where the first three will go.
Without its key players, Benzema, with a lower back injury, and Fabinho, out for two months, Al Ittihad won 2-4 with double from Moroccan Abderrazak Hamdallah, one from a penalty, and from the Portuguese Jot, a pass from Frenchman Ngolo Kanté and Ahmed Al Ghamdi.
Salem Al Najdi and Saad Al Sharfa scored the two goals for the local team, who are in the middle of the classification and played with ten players in the last quarter of an hour due to the red card seen by Madallah Al Olayan.
Source: La Verdad
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