Al-Ittihad and Al-Nasr rained the nets of Abha and Al-Taie with amazing fours
Al-Ittihad continued its exciting victories in the Saudi Professional League, winning this time at the expense of its host Abha 4-0 at the end of the 19th round matches.
Al-Ittihad was the leader in the ranking list after raising its score to 44 points, maintaining the point difference with its runner-up, Al-Nasr, to six points, before the expected confrontation between them in the next round, which will be held in Jeddah without a public presence due to a disciplinary penalty on the fans of the first.
Despite the delay in the attendance of goals for the Al-Ittihad team until the 61st minute, it managed to score a quadruple against the owner of the Abha team, where the Brazilian Romarinho opened the goals of the match through a penalty kick, while Moroccan Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah strengthened his team’s progress with a second goal with the 79th minute, before scoring Abdulaziz Al-Bishi, the third goal, just one minute later.
In the last minute of the confrontation, the referee awarded a yellow card to Hamdallah for cheating inside the penalty area before returning to the video assistant technology, and declaring a penalty kick in favor of Al-Ittihad, presented by Hamdallah, and scored the fourth goal for his team in the match.
Al-Ittihad maintained its series of victories in light of its great desire to compete seriously for the Saudi League title, which has been absent from its coffers since 2009, at a time when Abha’s balance froze at 25 points, continuing in eighth place.
In Riyadh, Al-Nasr won a wide victory against its guest Al-Taei 4-1 in the confrontation that brought them together at the Marsool Park Stadium at King Saud University. Al-Nasr regained the position of the standings after raising his score to 38 points, compared to 37 points for the youth team, which returned to third place.
Al-Nasr continued his victories journey under the leadership of his Argentine coach, Miguel Rosso, who led the team to the cycle of fierce competition again after he was far from the list.
Al-Nasr did not take long to visit Al-Taei’s net, after the Brazilian Talisca scored the first goal of the match in the sixth minute, before Argentine Betty Martinez strengthened his team’s progress with a second goal with the 19th minute, so Talesca scored the third goal with a wonderful technical touch with his heel during the first half of the match.
The confrontation witnessed the first attendance of the Uruguayan striker Jonathan Rodriguez, who was the only victory deal during the winter transfer period, while the Cameroonian Abu Bakr was absent due to his participation with his country, Cameroon in the African Nations Championship. The newly joined Al-Nasr team made his first mark with a fourth goal against Al-Taei, while Hassan Al-Jubeiry scored Al-Taei’s only goal in the match, and Al-Taei’s balance froze after the loss at the 19th point, retreating towards the thirteenth place.
In the city of Al-Ahsa, Al-Batin achieved a valuable victory after being absent from the victories circle for six rounds, winning its match against its host Al-Fateh 3-2.
Al-Batin opened the goals of the meeting early through Youssef Al-Jabali in the fourth minute of the first half of the match, before returning two minutes later by Fabio Abreu and scoring the second goal. Murad Patna added the second goal with the 34th minute, but Mohamed Rayhi succeeded in returning Al-Batin again to advance with a third goal that came in the last minute of the first half of the match.
With this victory, Al-Batin raised its score to 19, advancing towards the twelfth position, while the balance of Al-Fateh team froze at 18 points, relegating to the fourteenth position in the ranking list.