The official account of the Al-Ittihad team on X published a video clip lasting approximately seven minutes about the behind-the-scenes victory of the team nicknamed the Tigers over its rival, Abha, by four goals to two
The video clip published shows the details of the team’s arrival at the match stadium, inside the uniform and at the bench table, the emotions of the players and the technical staff, and the moments of scoring the four goals scored by Al-Ittihad.
Benzema opened the scoring against Abha with a penalty kick awarded by the referee in the 38th minute of the first half. At the beginning of the second half, Abha responded with an equalizer through Ekambi, and a few minutes passed and Kornando scored the second goal for Al-Ittihad in the 54th minute, after which Frenchman Karim Benzema continued to score the two goals. To announce his first hat-trick with Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Roshan League, and before the end of the match, Abha scored a second goal, ending the match with a score of 4-2.
🎬 كواليس مواجهة #الاتحاد_ابها ضمن منافسات الجولة 13 من دوري روشن السعودي 🐅 pic.twitter.com/GyeNmXP8Na
— نادي الاتحاد السعودي (@ittihad) November 11, 2023
With this result, Al-Ittihad’s score rises to 24 points in fifth place, and it will face its counterpart Al-Ittifaq in the next round.
Last week, Al-Ittihad announced the dismissal of technical director Nuno Santo, and the Al-Ittihad is still searching for a technical director to lead the Tigers in the Club World Cup, which will be held in Jeddah next month.
Al-Ittihad team will participate in the Club World Cup hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia next month and will open the matches by meeting Auckland City from Australia.
