The First al-hilal Football Team succeeded in tearing the net of Abha as its guest during the clash that brought together the teams at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, in the 18th round of the Saudi Roshen League.
The Blue players scrambled to score goals over the two halves, with Sergei Savic of Serbia scoring a hat-trick (79, 18, 90 + 6), Mitrovic of his compatriot (25), Salem Al-Dosari (73), Mohamed Knowe (82) and Portuguese Ruben Neves (86).
Al-Hilal moved away with a Roshin League lead by reaching the 50th point, 13 points behind Al-Nasr, his nearest pursuer, who played fewer games, while Abha remained at 13 points in 16th place (third from bottom).
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The match began with a abhorrent attempt from Zakaria Sami’s shot, which was blocked by Moroccan Yassin Bono to a corner 5 minutes after the first whistle.
Guinea Ikambi missed her father ‘ But Senegalese Koulibaly intervened and managed to clear the danger, and al-hilal quickly responded from Serb Sergei Savic’s shot that shook the outside net of Romanian goalkeeper Anton Cebrian Abha’s goal.
Savic again scored the first goal, taking advantage of Yasser Al-Shahrani’s header and shaking the Serbian at the 18th minute.
German Bastian Dankert awarded the match referee, a penalty for Salem al-Dusri after being blocked by Saad Naqi, including Serbia’s Mitrovic, for the second goal at the 25th minute.
Romanian goalkeeper Mitrovic’s right post denied the hosts’ second and third personal goal at the 36th minute, and in injury time of the first half Abha’s coach made an obligatory substitution by exiting Kambi and entering Hassan Ali, and the half ended with Crescent leading with a clean double.
Al-Hilal continued his pressure and absolute control in the second half, with Abha’s team sufficient to play defensive, denying Brazilian model Yibel Delgado a third-goal boost, before Salem al-Dusselari was able to score at the 73rd minute.
Savic returned with his second personal goal and his fourth, taking advantage of his compatriot’s Mitrovic pass to easily put the ball into Abha’s net at the 79th minute, before Mohamed Know (substitute) added the fifth after manipulating the Abahawi defence and keeper at the 82nd minute.
Portugal’s Ruben Neves made his mark on the game with a straight set-piece scoring the sixth crescent goal at the 86th minute, and the right-hand man turned over her keeper for Salem Al Dusri’s shot, just a minute after Neves’ goal.
The match referee counted 6 minutes as a stoppage time that would have added Savic’s third goal (hat trick) and seventh crescent (90 + 6).
Al-Hilal is a guest at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium on Friday, while Abha is out to face the al-raed at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium on the same day as the next round of the Roshen League.
