A strong shock to the fans of the Saudi Al Hilal "Champion of Asia"
The Abha team imposed a 1-1 draw on its guest, Al Hilal, who recently won the AFC Champions League for the fourth time in its history, at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium in Al Mahalla, at the end of the thirteenth phase of the Saudi Football League on Sunday, which is a shock to the Al Hilal fans who expected A very strong return for her team in order to compete strongly for the local title and include it in the Asian.
Al Hilal advanced with a Malian goal, Moussa Mariga (18), and Abha equalized through Tunisian Saad Baqir (43).
Al Hilal raised its score to 20 points in fourth place, and it has three games postponed, while Abha occupies the tenth place with 14 points.
Al-Hilal dominated most of the first half and almost opened the scoring when Frenchman Bafetimbi Gomis crossed a strong header, but goalkeeper Abdelali Al-Mohammadi blocked it and grabbed it in two (2) batches, followed by Muhammad Al-Buraik with a powerful shot from a direct free kick that crossed the crossbar (12).
Al-Hilal succeeded in shaking his opponent's net when Malian Moussa Marega received a ball inside the penalty area, which he prepared for himself before he shot it strong to the right of goalkeeper Mohammedi (18), while Al-Abhawi crossed the Brazilian Matthews Pereira (27).
Two minutes before the end of the first half, Abha managed to equalize when Saleh Al-Omari crossed a cross to his Tunisian colleague Saad Baqir with a powerful shot into the ceiling of the goal (43).
In the second half, Al Hilal continued its technical advantage, and almost doubled the result, had it not been for the crossbar that blocked Pereira's ball for the second time (57), while Abha had a chance, but Fahd Al-Jumaiah's header was grabbed by Abdullah Al-Mayouf brilliantly (64), and his Croatian colleague Urus Matic followed him with a powerful shot that Al-Mayouf brilliantly grabbed ( 79), to end the match in a positive tie.
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