International newspapers and websites praised Portuguese “Jorge Jesus” for leading his team Al-Hilal to the 27th victory, yesterday evening, in front of his counterpart Riyadh with a score of 3/1, in the 23rd round of the Saudi League.
Ojogo said: “The crescent led by Jesus sets the record for victories; His team reached their 27th consecutive victory in all competitions to equal the Welsh Nyunts “record.
“A record win for crescent, Jorge Jesus makes history; The Al-hilal beat the guest of Riyadh “3/1″, equalling the world record for successive victories. ”
Onefootball commented: “Portuguese Jorge Jesus breaks one of the most spectacular records in world football, and the coach is on track to achieve one of the most major achievements of his career.”
“Jorge Jesus equals the Guinness World Record with 27 consecutive victories, after another Saudi Championship crescent victory, it is another achievement in Jesus’ career,” said publico.
The leader became the most successful team to succeed in successive victories in history with 27 wins equal to the Welsh side The New Saints.
“We were putting this series as a second goal for us, it’s not a tournament, because the most important is to achieve titles like the league, the cup and the AFC Champions League,” Jesus said in remarks at the post-match press conference.
He added: “The longer the winning streak goes on, the closer we get to the goal, the happier we certainly are and we want to continue that way.”
The Portuguese coach confirmed that he had full confidence in the players’ ability to return in the game despite conceding the first goal.
“Riyadh made a perfect game and was a good opponent especially in the first half, he was able to close all the spaces, but we accelerated the throwing in the second half and we were able to win.”
He continued: “All the upcoming games will be very difficult, especially since there are teams that want to continue with the league and avoid relegation. I understand that “.
He noted: “Mitrovic does a good job, but suffers when he finds himself in front of two or 3 players, he loves spaces.. I also trust the ability of all players, but I decided to rest some elements to avoid exhaustion.
