Hijazi’s header leads Al Ittihad Jeddah to a difficult victory over Al-Raed

Al-Ittihad Jeddah scored a 1-0 victory over Al-Raed in the match that brought them together, Friday evening, in the Saudi Professional League.

The match between Al-Raed and Al-Ittihad was held at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in the third round of the Saudi League for the “2022-2023” season.

Ittihad Jeddah played its match once morest Al-Raed with the presence of the Egyptian duo Ahmed Hegazy and Tariq Hamed in the starting lineup.

The only goal of the match came through Egyptian defender Ahmed Hegazy for Al Ittihad Jeddah in the 66th minute.

With this result, Al-Ittihad of Jeddah rises to third place in the Saudi League standings with 7 points from two wins and a draw, while Al-Raed fell to tenth place with 3 points.

Match details:

The Jeddah Federation entered the match with a lineup consisting of “Marcelo Grohe, Ahmed Sharahili, Ahmed Hegazy, Omar Hawsawi, Hamdan Al-Shamrani, Igor Cornado, Tariq Hamed, Abdul Rahman Al-Aboud, Romarinho, Helder Costa, Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah.”

The match started with the control of Al Ittihad Jeddah over the course of things in the first minutes.

In the 13th minute, Romarinho almost opened the scoring for Al-Ittihad following receiving a wonderful pass from Hamdallah inside the penalty area, but his shot went to the crossbar before it rebounded in front of Cornado, who hit the ball but was blocked by Al-Raed goalkeeper.

The negative tie continued to dominate the events of the first half, which ended without goals between Al-Ittihad and Al-Raed.

In the 57th minute, Al-Ittihad Jeddah scored a goal by an own goal by Al-Raed defender, but the ball was counted as an offside from the beginning of the attack on Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah.

Ahmed Hegazy opened the scoring for Ittihad Jeddah once morest Al-Raed following a great header, making the score 1-0.

Romarinho was close to scoring the second goal for Al Ittihad Jeddah, following he passed wonderfully from Al Raed’s defense inside the penalty area, but his shot went weak in the hands of the goalkeeper.

In the 90 + 1 minute, Tariq Hamed received a yellow card for interfering strongly with the Al-Raed player.

Romarinho was close to scoring the second goal for Al Ittihad Jeddah, following he passed wonderfully from Al Raed’s defense inside the penalty area, but his shot went weak in the hands of the goalkeeper.

In the 90 + 1 minute, Tariq Hamed received a yellow card for interfering strongly with the Al-Raed player.

The match ended with a precious victory for Al Ittihad Jeddah at the expense of Al-Raed, thanks to its defender Ahmed Hegazy, to rise to the third place in the Saudi League table.

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