2024-02-15 02:00:00
The Saudi Jeddah team will be a guest today once morest its Uzbek counterpart, Navbakhor, at four in the followingnoon today, Thursday, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the AFC Champions League for the current season 2023-2024.
Today’s match carries special importance for the Jeddah club, which is seeking a comfortable victory before the return match in Saudi Arabia, to avoid pressure and the numbers game in the knockout rounds.
Egyptian international Ahmed Hegazy tops the Tigers’ list to face Uzbekistan’s Nafbakhor tonight, in the first leg of the AFC Champions League, while Karim Benzema continues to be absent, who is going through a period of quarrels with his club’s management, in addition to his recent injury.
It was decided that Al-Ittihad team captain Karim Benzema will return to participate in the matches with the general, starting with the match once morest Al-Riyadh Club, which will be held next Sunday, at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal City Stadium in Jeddah, as part of the matches of the 20th round of the Saudi Professional League competitions.
Jeddah Union coach Marcelo Gallardo preferred that the French striker Karim Benzema’s readiness be complete by excluding him from the Navpaukhor match, and not being on the Tigers’ roster once morest the Uzbekistan club Navpaukhor, which will be held today, in Tashkent, as part of the first leg of the quarter-final matches in the AFC Champions League.
Benzema participated with Al-Ittihad this season, in 20 matches in all competitions, during which he scored 12 goals and provided 5 assists.
Ittihad Jeddah qualified for the round of 16 following topping the third group with 15 points, collected from winning 5 matches and suffering a loss in one match, while the Uzbekistan team qualified following occupying second place in its group with 13 points behind the leaders, Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia.
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