After the presentation of Neymar, Al-Hilal only drew 1-1 with Al-Fahya at the Reid Fahd Stadium, this Saturday (19th), in Riyadh, for the second round of the Saudi league. The number 10 didn’t make his debut, but accompanied Sakala to open the scoring for the guests, while Al-Hamdan left everything unchanged in the Saudi Arabian capital. With the result, both teams have 4 points from two games, behind leaders Al-Ahli and Al-Ettifaq.
In the next round of the league, Neymar’s Al-Hilal will visit bottom placed Al-Raed, on Thursday (24th), at 15:00 (Brasilia time), at King Abdullah. Al-Fahya, in turn, will take the field on Friday (26), at 12, to measure forces with Al-Hazem, at Al Majma’ah Sports City.
PRESENTATION OF THE CRACKER
Before the start of the match, Neymar appeared in front of 67,000 people, who watched a real Al-Hilal light and technology show. In the sky, the Saudi club innovated and showed drones with the number 10 and the face of the Brazilian. Furthermore, the public created a mosaic welcoming the player, who has not yet made his debut in the blue shirt, but was on the grandstand to follow the match.
GOAL CANCELED
Al-Hilal started the match by scoring the opponent’s ball and soon managed to fill the net. To that effect, Portugal’s Rúben Neves made a fine pass and found Brazil’s Malcom free to raise his head and cross low into the box. Compatriot Michael, formerly of Goiás and Flamengo, only had the trouble of removing the goalkeeper from play and slotting into the net. However, the referee signaled an irregularity with an offside at the origin of the action.
CALLED TO DANCE
Subsequently, the visitors opened the scoring at Reid Fahd, in Riyadh, with fine play from Sakala. The athlete received from the left, dribbled past the opponent and even without a corner hit a good shot. Thus, the ball passed by goalkeeper Al-Mayouf and touched the crossbar before filling the net.
CHOOSE RIGHT
Brazilian duo Malcom and Michael were free to construct the home side’s main moves in the first half. In short, it is from the feet of the second player that the assist for Al-Hilal’s equalizer arrives, when he leaves the opponent behind and crosses low. Al-Hamdan finished with precision and left everything the same on the board.
BRILLIANT WALL
With a good move by Al-Hilal, Malcom plays individually and finds Milinkovic-Savic free to finish from the edge of the box. Stojkovic popped in to make a fine save to secure a first-half equaliser.
STOPPED AGAIN
Just in the first minute of the second half, Malcom quickly advanced down the right and threw the ball to Michael. In this way the striker risked the kick, but still stopped on Stojkovic.
POSSIBILITIES ARCHIVED
In the second half of the final stage, the team led by Jorge Jesus pressed hard in search of victory. However, the bet was on balls lifted in the area, but Stojkovic put in a great performance. Al-Burayk managed to take on the archer, but could not find room to finish.
After a corner kick, Kahfali came up on his own and tried to deflect the ball. However, he didn’t reach the ball and it went over the goalline. In the end the pressure was total, but the team lacked quality and tranquility to leave the field with the three points.
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Source: Terra
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