The king cup semi-final draw revealed a highly anticipated summit between the al-itthad and its counterpart Team Al-Hilal in Clasico for the sixth time this season, after the clashes with the Saudi League, the Arab Championship and the Asian Champions League, as the draw resulted in a al-nasr team with al-khaleej counterpart.
The al-itthad team will host its counterpart Al-Hilal at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, while Al-Awwal Park Stadium in the capital Riyadh embraces al-nasr clash with the al-khaleej guest.
The final of the tournament will be a projected summit should al-nasr reach the final and be able to overtake the al-khaleej team, where a fiery “derby” will await it in front of the traditional rivals Al-Hilal or a major Clasico against the al-itthad.
Former soccer stars Abdullah Saleh and Nasser al-Mansour participated in the draw, while the Football Association represented Na ’em al-Bakr, chairman of the Saudi Football frederation’s competitions committee, who explained that the matches would be held at the end of April, where the draw was held without restrictions.
The semi-final draw of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup resurrected the same role scenario for the last edition capped by the Hilali team.
The Golden Box of the previous edition included three teams nominated for the title, the al-hilal, the al-nasr and the al-itthad, as well as the al-wehda in a situation similar to the semi-final of the current edition that brought together the al-hilal, the al-nasr and the al-wehda and al-itthad.
