The First Football al-itthad of jeddag team, “1-3”, lost to Al-Ahili of Egypt at the 2023 Club World Cup, during a clash that brought together the teams on Friday at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah.
He scored the hat-trick of African champions, Tunisia’s Ali Moualloul (22 penalty), Hussein Al-Shahr (59) and Imam Ashour (63), while the French al-itthad scored Karim Benzema (90 + 2) and missed a penalty (45).
The Egyptian team hit a date with Brazil’s Fluminense in the semi-finals of the club World Cup next Monday.
The game began with caution on the part of the two teams and was confined to the midfield area with the relative advantage of the al-itthad
She attended the first opportunity to score from Hussein Al-Shahat ‘ But Egyptian defender Ahmed Hijazi removed the danger from the goal of Abdullah al-Ma ‘iouf, the keeper of the al-itthad, after 5 minutes.
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Brazilian striker Romarinho quickly responded with a shot from inside the box blocked by Ahli goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Shinawi, before Ma ‘iouf blocked a shot from Egyptian team’s Mohamed Hani.
حسين الشحات يسجل الثاني للأهلي المصري ⚽
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Venezuela’s Jesús Valenzuela, the match referee, awarded a penalty for Al Ahly after Hassan Kadesh touched the ball with his hand inside the area of 18, including Tunisia’s Ali Moualloul scored the first goal at the 22nd minute.
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Frenchman Karim Benzema missed the chance to equalize after hitting a ball from inside the box controlled by the keeper Shenawi.
مع الدقائق الأخيرة من عمر المباراة
بنزيما يسجل الهدف الأول للاتحاد ⚽
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The Venezuelan referee returned to earn a penalty for the second time but for the federation after Ahmed Abdelmenim touched with his hand, which was wasted by Benzema after a 45 save from Shenawi.
With the start of the second half, Argentina coach Jayardo paid Medallah Alayan and Ahmed Bamsoud instead of Zakaria Hossaoui and Muhandad El Shanqiti.
Brazilian Egor Kornado manipulated the Egyptian defence and passed a ball to Faisal al-Ghamdi, who struck a ball that went under Shinawi’s feet, but hit the post to miss the chance to equalize at the 55th minute.
From a counter-attack, Hussein Al-Shahat, Al-Ahli’s attacker, doubled the result for his team, a shot that Ma ‘aouf failed to tackle to settle the net at the 59th minute, before Imam Achour was able to consolidate the civil lead with a third goal of 62.
The Venezuelan referee made the red card known to Ahli player Modeste after entering a two-minute substitute (90). He counted 4 minutes as an allowance time Benzema could score an honorary goal at the 90 + 2 minute and the confrontation ended with the 1-3 al-itthad ‘s loss.
