Al-Ittihad Jeddah broke the jinx of its rival Al-Hilal after it had lasted for more than three full years in various competitions.<\/p>\n\n
Al-Ittihad Jeddah defeated Al-Hilal 3-1 on penalties after the regular and extra time ended in a 2-2 draw in the Saudi King’s Cup quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n
Karim Benzema scored both goals for Al-Ittihad, while Salem Al-Dawsari and Leonardo Silva scored for Al-Hilal. <\/p>\n\n
“That walks like this, like this,” was the most famous chant of the fans of the hugely popular Al-Ittihad club, which was present at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Al-Hilal’s home ground, after the match ended.<\/p>\n\n
Al-Ittihad Jeddah booked a place in the semi-finals of the Saudi King’s Cup after eliminating defending champions Al-Hilal.<\/p>\n\n
Al-Ittihad, Al-Shabab, Al-Raed, and Al-Qadisiyah are competing to win this season’s Saudi King’s Cup. <\/p>\n\n
Al-Ittihad Jeddah managed to defeat Al-Hilal for the first time since their last victory over Al-Hilal on April 9, 2021, in the Saudi League.<\/p>\n\n
Al-Hilal, the Saudi King’s Cup title holders, were eliminated from the competition, joining Al-Nassr, the runner-up in the last edition, who were eliminated in the round of 16.<\/p>\n\n
Match description<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n Al-Hilal started the match by pressing Al-Ittihad’s goal, looking to score an early goal.<\/p>\n\n The post denied Al-Hilal from scoring after a powerful shot from Salem Al-Dawsari.<\/p>\n\n Abdullah Al-Hamdan wasted another chance to score after a header from inside the penalty area.<\/p>\n\n Benzema shot a powerful shot that was brilliantly saved by Yassine Bounou.<\/p>\n\n In the second half, Mohannad Al-Shanqeeti sent a cross that Benzema received brilliantly and shot into the net in the 63rd minute.<\/p>\n\n Al Hilal responded through Salem Al Dawsari after he was completely alone in front of the goal and placed the ball to the left of goalkeeper Rajkovic in the 72nd minute.<\/p>\n\n The post intervened again to prevent Malcolm from scoring Al Hilal’s second goal.<\/p>\n\n In the first extra time, Marcos Leonardo scored the second goal after taking advantage of a perfect pass from Mutab Al-Harbi in the 101st minute.<\/p>\n\n Benzema then scored the equalizer with a rocket of a shot from Mohannad Al-Shanqeeti.<\/p>\n\n Penalty kicks<\/p>\n\n In the penalty shootout, Savic scored for Al Hilal, while Mohammed Kano, Marcus Leonardo and Malcom missed.<\/p>\n\n Benzema, Fabinho and Danilo Pereira scored to give Al-Ittihad a 3-1 win and a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n Source: Filgoal<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Al-Ittihad Jeddah broke the jinx of its rival Al-Hilal after it had lasted for more than three full years in various competitions. Al-Ittihad Jeddah defeated Al-Hilal [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saudi-league","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n