The Saudi Football League is resuming its activities today, after a 143-day hiatus due to the pandemic of the emerging Corona Virus, by holding five matches in the 23rd stage of the championship led by Al-Hilal.
On Wednesday, Saudi football fans are looking towards the King Fahd International Stadium, when Al Hilal team visits the Al-Nasr team in the capital, Derby, Riyadh.
Al Hilal leads the standings with 51 points, six points ahead of Al Nasr. Al-Durrah Stadium hosts the expected meeting between the two teams, especially that it will largely determine the course of the tournament, in the event that Al-Hilal wins, it will be able to expand the point difference with the runner-up to nine points, but in the event of victory victory, the difference between the two teams will be reduced to only three points, and the first round match was between The two teams set up last October ended in victory for Al-Nasr 2-1. Victory raised the pace of its preparation for the derby location, and performed its exercise at King Fahd International Stadium. The victory training was provided by Brazilian defender Maicon Pereira who extended his contract with Al-Nasr, in addition to Mukhtar Ali, Omar Hawsawi and Abdullah Mado who are returning from the injury, along with the youth team player Ayman Yahya, who asked the coach for his presence in the training. Vitoria prefers defender Omar Hawsawi and Abdullah Al-Omari to involve one of them alongside Maicon, at a time when the features of the elements that will start the match in the midfield are not clear, especially in light of the brilliance of the duo Yahya Al-Shehri and Khaled Al-Ghannam in the past friendly exercises and matches. Al-Hilal had rebounded with the return of the injured players, to complete the ranks of the team, with the exception of the absence of Abdullah Atif and Yazan Jari, and they are subject to qualification programs, as the group’s Hilal exercises for the past two days witnessed the participation of the Brazilian Carlos Eduardo, who had suffered a connective muscle injury, before returning to participate in group exercises Next to the Peruvian André Carillo and Abdullah Maayouf, the two team. The two teams prepared for the derby by running 10 experimental matches, with five games for each team, the league leaders managed to win four games and drew in a single match. In return, Al-Nasr won second place in three games and lost two games. The strongest defense in the Professional League collides with the strongest streak, with Al-Hilal scoring 52 goals, while Al-Nasr scored 16 goals.
"Trust and Determination"
"We are looking forward to the return of the competitions with enthusiasm, confident of the players of the team, and I expect a strong start to the league, and we are going through our training with great motivation and strong determination, and everyone is ready both physically and mentally," said Al Hilal, Romanian coach Razvan Lusescu.
"We will start competitions at the same level with the rest of the league teams, because everyone stopped playing for nearly four months because of the Corona virus," he added.
He continued, "We start the second stage of the season, we are the Asian champions, at the top of the league standings by six points, and we have reached the King's Cup semi-finals, and this gives us confidence and determination to continue this distinction." He continued, "We must compete vigorously to achieve the league championship. The championship will not end after the next match. All the remaining matches in the league bear the same importance."
Conquest and Fayha
Al-Fateh and Al-Faiha will cut the tape of Tuesday's matches when they meet at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium in Al-Ahsa in an important match for both teams, especially the 14th-ranked landowner with 19 points, and he is looking forward to scoring the three points that may be the beginning of the road towards survival between adults.
On the other hand, Al-Faihaa Eleven with 27 points seeks to return with the full score and secure its position in the warm region, despite its lack of Jordanian goalkeeper Amer Shafi’i, who refused to extend his contract until the end of the season.
The federation enters a difficult test when it is a guest of Abha in the meeting that brings them together at the stadium of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City, in the case. Abha ninth with 30 points aspires to continue his strong performances and good results, to achieve the third successive and tenth victory in the tournament, and to improve his position in the ranking scale, while the 13th league with 23 points, must win only in order to get away a little from the risk of landing.
Kindly to the reality of the two teams, the cuff appears somewhat equal, and its outcome will remain open to all possibilities.
Stage 23 program
Today
Al Fateh - Al Fayhaa
Abha - Al Ittihad
Pioneer - hugging you
Al-Faisaly - cooperation
Al-Ahly - Packages
Tomorrow
Justice - agreement
Unity - youth
Victory - Al Hilal
• 51 points for Al-Hilal, and is 6 points ahead of Al-Nasr.
• Al-Hilal coach: We start the second stage of the season, we are the Asian champions, at the top of the league.