Al-Ahli First Football Team (AHL) returned a 5-year-old religion to al-shabab counterpart after turning a late goal ahead of it into a precious 2-1 victory during the match that brought together the two teams Saturday at the latter stadium in Riyadh in the 31st round of the Saudi Roshen League.
The al-shabab took the lead through the Belgian Yannick Carrasco in the “19” minute, and the Ahlawi team waited until the 10th minute of time calculated instead of lost to be able to adjust the score through the Ivorian Frank Kissé, before fellow Brazilian Roberto Firmino scored the second goal giving the Ahlawi team the three points.
الأهلي يقلب الطاولة على الشباب بثنائية كيسيه وفيرمينو ⚽️⚽️
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The first al-shabab over Al-Ahli over Al-Shabab in 5 years, specifically since winning it by a clean quartet on April 5, 2019, after which the two teams met 7 times, three of which ended with the capital team’s superiority, while the draw was attended by 4 times.
The Al Jadawi team also earned further gains through this win, most notably restoring the balance after the recent loss in El Clasico to the “1-2” crescent, and consolidating its third position after taking its balance to 58 points, 6 from the third cooperation and 8 points from the fifth Federation, 3 rounds from the end.
In contrast, the loss stopped a run of five consecutive games for the youth team unbeaten with “4 wins and a draw”, freezing his tally at 41 points, dropping three places in the overall league standings, becoming ninth after being sixth before the start of this round.