Saudi Arabia – King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (the Radiant Jewel) in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, will host, this evening, Tuesday, the “El Clásico” match between Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal, in the second leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-finals.
The Asian Football Confederation assigned the task of managing the Saudi “Clásico”, between the Jeddah club and its guest Al Hilal, to Chinese referee Manning, who is scheduled to blow the starting whistle at exactly 22:00 local time.
Al Hilal Club enters this match as an extraordinary candidate to advance to the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, especially since it defeated Al-Ittihad in the first leg with two unanswered goals.
On the other hand, Al Hilal Club will have a date with history if it achieves victory today, Tuesday, as it will become the owner of the longest winning streak in history, after achieving its 27th consecutive victory in all competitions, at the expense of the Riyadh team (3-1) last Friday, in the League. “Roshen” for professionals, and equaled the record recorded by the Welsh team New Saints, which it achieved since the season (2016-2017), when it broke the record of the Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam (26 consecutive victories) during the period between 1971 and 1972.
On the other hand, the “struggling” Jeddah Club’s task will be very difficult in achieving the “Remontada” after losing the second leg with two unanswered goals, and snatching the qualification ticket to the Golden Square for the Champions League from “Al-Zaeem”, especially since it will miss the efforts of its French player, N’Golo Kante after… He received a red card during the first leg after his violent intervention on Senegalese Khalidou Koulibaly.
While there are doubts about the possibility of the participation of the other French striker Karim Benzema, who is suffering from injuries and going through a difficult period, and missed the first leg and before that also against Al Hilal (1-3) on the first of this month of March, in the 22nd round of the “Roshen” football league. For professionals.
Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, the technical director of Al-Ittihad Club, revealed about Benzema’s participation, saying: “Benzema felt pain in the past days and did not train with us, and we are awaiting his readiness.”
Marcelo Gallardo is expected to rely on the following lineup against Al Hilal today:
Goalkeeper: Abdullah Al-Mayouf
Defense line: Mad Allah Al-Olayan – Luz Felipe – Ahmed Hegazy – Fawaz Al-Saqour
Midfield: Faisal Al-Ghamdi – Sultan Farhan – Fabinho – Zakaria Hawsawi
Attacking line: Romarinho – Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah.
On the other hand, Al Hilal enters the match with full ranks, and Portuguese coach Jorge Jesus is inclined to continue Mohamed Al Owais in goalkeeping at the expense of Moroccan Yassine Bounou in order to benefit from 5 foreign field players inside the field.
The following is the expected lineup for Al Hilal SC against Al-Ittihad in the AFC Champions League:
Goalkeeper: Mohammed Al Owais
Defense line: Saud Abdel Hamid, Coulibaly, Ali Al-Bulaihi, Yasser Al-Shahrani.
Midfield: Bruno Neves, Mohamed Kenou, Savic
Offensive line: Malcolm, Mitrovic, Salem Al-Dosari.
Channels broadcasting the Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad match in the second leg of the quarter-finals
The Al Hilal and Al Ittihad match can be watched on the following channels:
beIN Sports AFC group of Qatari channels.
Saudi SSC channels (SSC1 HD).
Abu Dhabi Sports Channels inside the Emirates (Abu Dhabi Sports Asia 1).
Al Kass Sports Channels inside Qatar (Al Kass Nine HD).
The winner of the match against Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal will have a date in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, with the Emirati club Al-Ain, which defeated the other Saudi team, Al-Nasr Club, after beating them on penalties (3-1) in the return match that brought them together yesterday evening, Monday. At the “Awal Park” stadium in the capital, Riyadh.
Source: media
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2024-05-02 07:24:30
