The whistle returned to its controversial estimates, and disturbed the Saudi Al-Hilal fans in front of their guests Urawa Red Diamonds, yesterday, in the first leg of the AFC Champions League despite the victory of the «leader» 1-0, as the Iraqi referee Ali Sabah Al-Hilalin TV it is fine.
Al-Hilal supporters poured their anger on the decisions of the Iraqi refereeing crew, stressing on social media that if their team was given the right to cancel the goal they would be very close to the title to their advantage before playing the return match on the 24th of this month at Saitama Stadium, which can accommodate 63 thousand spectators And the confrontation will be managed by Iranian rule Ali Reza Faghani.
The most prominent angry reactions from former club president Prince Abdulrahman bin Musaid, who said on his account in the «Twitter»: «Nothing new .. success of the Asian arbitration compared to usual .. This time only canceled a correct target for Al Hilal, and did not count him a penalty due .
The referee Ali Sabah had responded to the flag of his assistant, and canceled the goal of the star Hilal Al-Dosari in the 71st minute because of offside after a coordinated attack between French Gomez and Mohammed Kno and Salem Al-Dosari, who went into the goal and went to object to the flag of the flag angry at the decision, did not stop Crescent critics at this The situation even expressed their indignation for not counting a "questionable" penalty after the Italian Sebastian Giovinco hit the ball that hit the hand of one of the players of the Japanese team inside the region.
Al-Hilal fans are still concerned about the Asian whistle, as they have not lost sight of the scenes of injustice and grief they suffered in the same tournament final against Sydney Australia in 2014, when Japanese referee Yoichi Nishimura made mistakes in bulk that deprived Al-Hilal of the Champions.
Despite the mourning of the loss of the chances of scoring more than one goal in the Japanese goal, but «the leader of the Saudi football» made a fascinating artistic performance, and content with a goal to carry the signing of Peruvian Andre Carrillo the winner in the 60th minute.
It is the first time that Al Hilal have managed to emerge victorious in the first leg of the AFC Champions League in many years, failing to achieve this in the final round in 2014 and 2017.
The figures revealed a clear superiority for Al Hilal throughout the course of the game, especially as the team had acquired the ball 70% against 30% for the Japanese team, as well as 22 shots on the opponent's goal, including six between the woods (two shots for Urawa), 680 crescent passes (293 for Urawa), and nine corners for Al Hilal (Two for Urawa).