Benzema misses a penalty kick…and thank God he excels at scoring some other

Saudi Arabia – Ittihad Jeddah Membership snatched a hard-fought victory from its visitor Al-Wahda (2-1) within the fit that introduced them in combination the day prior to this, Monday, as a part of the twenty first spherical of the “Roshen” Saudi Skilled Soccer League.

Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo shocked the hosts via scoring the purpose to place Al Wahda forward, within the thirty fifth minute of the primary part.

French striker Karim Benzema didn’t equalize from a penalty kick awarded to the house workforce in stoppage time within the first part, and the French striker’s struggling with the workforce persisted.

Benzema neglected the 3rd penalty kick in his first season with Al-Ameed, after he neglected a penalty kick all over his workforce’s loss in opposition to Al-Hilal (1-3) within the quarter-finals of the Arab Championship, and some other kick in opposition to Al-Ahly of Egypt with the similar ranking within the quarter-finals of the Membership International Cup.

The 36-year-old additionally prior to now scored two objectives via mistake all over the fits between Al-Taawoun within the Saudi League and Nafbakhor of Uzbekistan within the AFC Champions League, and brought about a penalty kick to be awarded in opposition to his workforce all over the Al-Nasr fit, which Al-Ittihad misplaced with a ranking of (2-5) within the Saudi League.

Whilst Moroccan striker Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah excelled via scoring two consecutive objectives for the hosts, the primary within the 84th minute from a “Panenka” penalty kick, and the second one within the deadly stoppage time of the fit, which happened on the “Radiant Jewel” stadium.

Al-Ittihad Membership thus completed its 3rd consecutive victory within the “Roshen” Skilled League, elevating its ranking to 37 issues, occupying 5th position, whilst Al-Wahda’s ranking iced up at 26 issues, occupying 9th position at the score ladder.

It’s noteworthy that Al-Ittihad will face its host Al-Hilal within the “El Clásico” subsequent Friday, on the “Kingdom Enviornment”, on the best of the fits of the twenty second spherical of the “Roshen” League.

Supply: RT