4-1: Malcom hands the Super Cup to Al Hilal and Benzema disappoints

Al Hilal, with two goals from the Brazilian Malcolm and many others of Salem Al Dawsarisnatched the Saudi Arabia Super Cup crown from Al Ittihad of Karim Benzema by winning 4-1 in the final played at Mohmmed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).

The Portuguese team was declared the champion Jorge Jesus, inevitable this year. Al Hilal, the clear leader of the Super League, has already accumulated 34 consecutive victories and is unbeaten in 42 games.

Fourth Super Cup for Al Hilal

Al Hilal secured their fourth Super Cup trophy, the first since 2021, and upset Al Ittihad, who won the title in the last edition. Benzema did not score despite playing the entire match.

In the final of this tenth edition, the team of Jorge Jesus also did not find resistance, which was almost non-existent Neymar but that stands out thanks to players like Bono, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Ruben Neves, Renan Lodi or Kalidou Koulibali or the Brazilian Malco, who got the match back after five minutes when he took advantage of Saleh Al Shehri’s pass to score.

Lodi commits a penalty

Al Ittihad, with Frenchmen Benzema and Ngolo Kanté among others, led by the Argentine Marcelo Gallardowas able to tie thanks to a punishment he did Lodi to Abderrazak Hamdallah, which he launched from eleven meters. Bono stopped him but the forward collected the rebound and was able to score and establish the tie.

But everything changed eventually. On the brink of half-time, Salem Al Dawsari put Al Hilal ahead again in a team action that ended with a pass from Saleh Al Shehri to the scorer, who made no mistake.

Malcom pointed out

And late in the match, when Al Ittihad were looking for an equaliser, Jorge Jesus’ team rounded off the victory. Malcom, in the 89th minute, took advantage of a ball received from Milinkovic-Savic to make the third and in addition Al Dawsari also achieved his double by scoring the fourth.