The al-itthad and l-hazm match on Saturday, April 20, in the 28th round of the Saudi Roshen League, saw a bizarre goal scored by Brazilian player Paulo Ricciardo’s 57th-minute header.
Ricardo’s “comedian” goal came from a ball that went over the head of Tunisian goalkeeper Ayman Dahman, who came out to receive the longitudinal ball from Moroccan FA striker Abdelrazak Hamdallah.
The al-itthad et Pouvoirs match was held at the King Abdullah Stadium in Breida and saw the federal team take the lead at the 21st minute, from the correction of player Saleh Al-Omari, and following the “Brigadier General” ‘s double, the hosts were able to equalize through Mohamed El Thain and Portuguese Antonio Pinheiro at 60 and 63.
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In the final seconds of the match, the Egyptian Ahmed Hijazi managed to score the winner after a shot, which hit the feet of goalkeeper Ayman Dahman and then found the net; The meeting ended with a 2-3 federal win.
The order of the teams after the end of the Etihad match
With this result, the balance of al-hazm at 16 points was frozen in the 18th and final place with the Saudi Rosen League ranking table, one of the teams most threatened with relegation next season to the Saudi top flight “Yello League”
On the other hand, the al-hazm has reached 50 points in fourth place, while Al-Hilal leads the Roshin League competition with 77 points, 9 points ahead of the runner-up al-nasr, and Al-Ahli comes third with 52 points.
Winning the al-itthad et Pouvoirs in the Saudi Roshin League, the club regained its good results with Argentine coach Marcelo Gallardo, who coached the team last November, succeeding Portuguese Nuno Espirito Santo.
Overall, the al-itthad played Gaiardo 26 games across all competitions, winning 14 times, drawing 3 games, losing 9 meetings, scoring 46 goals and conceding 40 times.
The al-itthad fans are hoping for a King’s Cup title in order to save the current season, after the Tigers dropped their rankings in the Saudi Rosen League, which was crowned last season’s 2022-23 club title, as well as the club’s exit from the ACL in the quarter-finals, following the loss of the Crescent back and forth with a clean double.
