Update narration
That’s it for the live. Good night all.
Read the chronicle of Al Hilal’s victory over Al Ittihad on MARCA.com.
Today was the day. Al Hilal qualified for the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League and overtook Welsh New Saints as the team with the longest winning streak in football history. Goals from Al Shahrani and Malcom made it 0-2 (0-4 on aggregate), which meant the 28th consecutive victory for Jorge Jesús’s team.
FULL TIME! AL HILAL QUALIFIES TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE ASIAN CHAMPIONS.
With great definition from Malcom to finish the tie and close the 28th consecutive victory.
¡¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL OF MALCOM!! GOLAZO TO SENTENCE AL HILAL’S MATCH.
Shot by Al Hamdan that goes high.
Double change in Al Hilal: Kanno and Nasser Al Dawsari come in for Milinkovic-Savic and for Al Dawsari.
LIGHT RED FOR HAMDALLAH! The footballer who started the fight is sent off for grabbing a rival’s shirt.
Tangana at the end of the match. Al Bulayhi has been hurt.
Dispute in the center of the field.
The play of both teams is once once more flat.
Now it’s time to put pressure on Al Hilal. He does it without much intensity.
Now it’s Al Ittihad’s turn in Gallardo’s team’s longest possession so far in the second half.
Closer to Al Ghamdi.
We are approaching the final stages of the match.
Al Hilal has so far made only one change. Jorge Jesús does not want to give his footballers a rest.
He achieved a corner kick from the Al Ittihad set piece.
Change in Al Ittihad: Al Amri comes in to replace Romarinho.
Good chance from a set piece by Al Ittihad.
Good opportunity for Al Hilal. Second part totally different from the first.
The visitors now try it by filtering a ball for Al Sahafi. Koulibaly is very attentive.
It seems that Al Ittihad is running out of fuel.
Yellow for Milinkovic-Savic, who committed a clear foul on Al Olayan.
Good cross from Malcom, which does not reach Mitrovic and clears the defense.
Masterful minutes including a goal from Al Hilal.
Double change at Al Ittihad: Haji and Al Hawsawi replace Al Ghamdi and Al Saqour.
Could that be the goal? Al Hilal need to win the match for the prize they seek: the record for the longest winning streak in history.
The match is being decided little by little and the tie is practically closed.
¡¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL DE AL HILAL!!! MARCO AL SHAHRANI.
Hamdallah took a huge risk sending the ball to a corner by clearing the ball over his own goal.
Al Farhan finally sees the yellow artulin.
Possible red card for Al Farhan for a very dangerous tackle on Al Dawsari.
Change in Al Hilal’s ranks: Al Hamdan replaces Al Faraj.
Great long shot from Al Ghamdi. The goalkeeper blocks the ball.
Minutes of good play by both teams at the start of the second half.
Hegazi fouls Mitrovic in a challenge.
Great occasion for Al ittihad. Al Sahafi arrived like a bullet, but might not overcome Al Owais.
Good idea from Al Hilal in three quarters. Mitrovic mightn’t connect with the ball and Al Muaiouf had to raffle it.
The second time begins.
The first half ends with 0-0 on the scoreboard.
Good cross from Abdulhamid. The ball does not reach any teammate.
Nobody manages to connect with the ball in Al Ittihad’s set piece.
The referee awarded a foul near the touchline. Opportunity for Al Ittihad.
Romarinho complains regarding a tackle by Salem Al Dawsari.
Romarinho tries a shot that goes straight into the hands of Al Owais.
We have seen two different halves in the first half. In one, Al Ittihad dominated and in the other, now, we are seeing a slow match.
The match continues without a clear dominator.
There are 7 added minutes, due to all the stops due to injury and other medical interventions.
Good individual play by Malcom, who tried to shoot on goal, but the defense cleared.
Luiz Felipe hurts himself in a fall while clearing the ball. The referee grants the law of advantage.
Koulibaly continued playing without problem.
Al Hilal’s game is not the best, but he is keeping his rival motivated and able to face him.
Rúben Neves tried his luck from afar. His shot goes wide of the goal.
The referee is talking to the players.
Very slow game, with many pauses. Now he is stopped because of the incident with Kpoulibaly.
The doctors come in to assist the former Chelsea and Naples player.
Ahmed Al Ghamdi sees another yellow card for his team. The Al Ittihad footballer swept away Kpoulibaly, who apparently hurt himself.
Another approach from Al Ittihad, who wants to ring the bell today.
Mitrovic continues playing, even though the images did not give a good feeling.
Al Ittihad is very far from overturning the deficit, but Al Hilal is far from dominating the match at the moment.
Mitrovic hurts what appears to be his groin.
Closer match in the last minutes.
The referee restarts the game.
Al Amri, who is on the substitute’s bench, saw yellow for protesting.
Clash of heads in the dispute over an aerial ball between Luiz Felipe and Rúben Neves. Luiz Felipe came out worse off, receiving the blow to the back of the head.
Milinkovic-Savic sweeps Hamdallah forcefully. Medical assistance has to come in because the Al Ittihad player was injured.
We have already seen three scoring chances from Al Ittihad to just one from Al Hilal.
Now it’s time to calmly play Al Hilal. Al Ittihad, who is comfortable, lets the opponent play away from his goal.
In the early stages, the team behind in the tie, Al Ittihad, is outperforming its rival in all facets of the game.
Al Sahafi had another very clear one. Hamdallah was on the penalty spot to finish.
ROMARINHO HAD IT!! He was regarding to score the first goal. The ball went to the post.
First change in the ranks of Al Ittihad: One of the best players, Fabinho, leaves due to injury and Al Farhan takes his place.
FABINHO LEAVES INJURED! He tested himself for a few seconds when he re-entered the field, but he is not in a position to continue.
The referee authorizes the entry of Fabinho. It seems that the player can continue.
Fabinho has to leave the field of play.
Fabinho, lying on the ground, hurts his leg. The medical assistants have taken to the pitch to check the player’s condition.
Jorge Jesús altered in the band. He has little time in possession of the ball for his players.
First yellow card of the match: Luiz Felipe saw it.
Let us remember that Al Ittihad has to come back from 2-0 down and Al Hilal has won the last 27 games.
In the first minutes, the home team is master and owner of the ball.
Al Ittihad attacks with speed, but without rushing so as not to lose the ball.
Good defensive actions by Al Ittihad in the early stages of the match.
Romarinho had the first approach from Al Ittihad. He mightn’t finish well once morest Al Owais.
Al Hilal’s first long shot. The defense has cleared the ball safely.
Possession did not last even 15 seconds for Gallardo’s team.
THE MATCH BEGINS WITH POSSESSION FOR AL ITTIHAD!!
The match is regarding to start!
The footballers warm up before the match.
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, home of Al Ittihad, will host today’s match. It has capacity for more than 62,000 fans.
Ma Ning (China) is the referee for today’s match.
The last time Al Ittihad beat Al Hilal was in April 2021. The last time Al Ittihad had two (or more) consecutive wins once morest Al Hilal was in 2016.
Al Hilal has won the last four matches once morest Al Ittihad: 2-0, 3-1, 3-4 y 1-3.
The historical background between these two teams favors Jorge Jesús’s team: 16 wins for Al Ittihad, 23 draws and 37 wins for Al Hilal.
And Al Hilal’s eleven:
Al Owais, Abdulhamid, Al Bulayhi, Al Dawsari, Al Faraj, Al Shahrani, Koulibali, Malcom, Milinkovic-Savic, Mitrovic y Rúben Neves.
We already have the Al Ittihad lineup:
Al Muaiouf, Al Ghamdi, Al Olayan, Al Sahafi, Al Saqour, Fabinho, Hamedallah, Hegazy, Luiz Felipe and Romarinho.
Very good followingnoon!! Today, starting at 20:00 Spanish time There is a real great game that can go down in history: Al Ittihad – Al Hilal, corresponding to the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions.
It is a very important meeting for both of us. Al Ittihad will try to come back the adverse result of the first leg and qualify for the semifinals, and will without its top star Karim Benzema. The French striker suffers a back injury and is not called up. In the first leg, Jorge Jesús’s team won 2-0.
If Al Hilal win, they will become the team with the longest winning streak of all time (28 consecutive wins). In the league match last weekend, in which they beat Al Riyadh (1-3), he equalized the record of The New Saints Welsh, who achieved 27 consecutive victories in the 2016-17 season. The great dynamic of the leader of the Arab League includes 16 games in the Saudi league, three in the national cup and eight in the Asian Champions.
