With one down throughout the second half, Jorge Jesus’ team beat Gallardo’s team, once again, 2-1
Photo: Disclosure / Al Hilal – Caption: Al-Hilal is in the final of the Saudi King’s Cup / Jogada10
Al-Hilal beat Al-Ittihad 2-1, this Tuesday (30), and is in the final of the Saudi King’s Cup. At King Abdullah in Jeddah, the qualifying goals came from Michael and Saud Abdulhamid. Hamdallah scored for Gallardo’s team.
In the other bracket of the tournament, Al-Nassr and Al-Haleej compete for the second place in the big decision of the Saudi King Cup. The game will be on Wednesday, at 3pm (Brasília time).
With the result, coach Jorge Jesus maintains 100% success in the duel with Marcello Gallardo. Since 2019, there have been six wins in six games for the Portuguese.
How was the game
The first half was very hectic at King Abdullah. Although the visiting team was better on the field, it was Al-Hilal who opened the scoring. In fact, in a great goal from Michael. The play featured a beautiful exchange of passes, and ended with the Brazilian dribbling past the opposing goalkeeper before sending it into the back of the net. Five minutes later, in fact, Michael almost doubled the score. At 41′ Milinkovic-Savic was sent off after a strong tackle on Al-Ghamdi. In stoppage time, Hamdallah missed the great chance to equalize the score, but played very hard on the goalkeeper.
If Hamdallah was unable to tie the game in the first half, in the second half he left everything the same at 19′. In fact, two minutes later he found the net again, but the referee disallowed the goal for offside. But it was Al-Hilal who scored the third goal of the match. At 36′, Saud Abdulhamid put Jorge Jesus’ team back in front on the scoreboard. Until the end of the match, the home team sought a draw, but without success.
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