Serbia’s Aleksandar Mitrovic and Saudi Salem Al-Dusri led their side to outscore the Etihad with two unanswered goals in the ACL quarter-final first leg at Al Hilal Stadium, with Al Dusri and Mitrovic proving to be the best duo in the arena at present.
Al-Hilal scored two goals from just two shots past the al-itthad; One through Aleksandar Mitrovic from the spot and the other from Salem Al Dosari from the second goal immediately after.
The language of determination is binary; But the al-hilal itself is too big to confine itself to players. If Neymar misses out, if Mitrovic misses out, then there is no problem.
Here lies the real strength of the (leader), but the duo of Dosri and Mitrovic seem more glowing thanks to a great harmony that the duo have reached even if the gameplay varies.
Dosry and Mitrovic in the Asian Champions League
Salem Al Dosari contributed goals in his last 5 ACL games (4 goals and one assist), knowing that in the first two games nothing had been contributed at the scoring and industry level.
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Salim, although not an outspoken attacker; al-hilal has touched the ball in the AFL’s opponents’ penalty area 51 times, showing great ability to convert as a striker alongside Mitrovic in play.
Al Dosari created 14 chances for his teammates in 7 games, one chance behind Malcom, who created 18 chances in 8 games.
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Mitrovic is the top scorer in this season’s AFC Champions League with 8 goals and has provided an assist to contribute 9 goals in 9 games in the tournament, i.e. Dusri and Mitrovic have contributed 14 goals between scoring and industry in the AFC Champions League so far.
Al Dusri and Mitrovic in the Saudi League
The dominance of the continental al-hilal is the same in Saudi Arabia with a steel team that does not know the taste of defeat neither continental nor local. Mitrovic has a goal rate per game (19 goals in 19 games) and is ranked second behind 22-goal Ronaldo.
But the difference is that Mitrovic scored more goals than expected, unlike Ronaldo, Mitrovic scored 19 after he was expected to score only 16, while Ronaldo had more than 22 goals expected.
Salem Al Dosari scored 10 goals and created two goals, creating 11 chances to score for his crescent teammates.
If Dossi is the most touching ball of the Asian Champions League crescent, it is different in the Saudi League, where Mitrovic touched the ball 156 times in the opponents’ penalty area for 138 for Salim Dosari
