Ahmed Hegazi was both legend and reprobate for Al-Ittihad as they attracted 1-1 with Al-Shabab the highest point of the table conflict in the Saudi Expert Association on Monday. The Al-Ittihad safeguard offered a punishment in the principal half from which Cristian Guanca put the hosts ahead however at that point minutes after the fact, he struck in the contrary region to procure a hard-battled highlight return to Jeddah.
The outcome implies that Al-Shabab move into second, however Al-Hilal will recover that spot assuming they rout Al-Raed on Tuesday, and Al-Ittihad go third. Al-Nassr are three focuses clear at the top
After two losses in the past three games had seen Al-Shabab descend post position, the hosts were frantic to return to winning ways and the visit of their title rivals offered the ideal open door. It likewise offered an opportunity to see Shabab’s Spanish supervisor Vicente Moreno take on Nuno Santo, his Portuguese inverse number.
There were chances at the two finishes in the initial stages however the game truly burst into life following 20 minutes when Al-Shabab were granted a punishment. Hegazi was decreed to have stepped on the foot of Hattan Bahebri inside the area and Guanca moved forward to send Marcelo Grohe, who had previously saved a punishment in 2023 in the 2-1 win at Abha, the incorrect way.
The lead scarcely endured two minutes anyway as the Egyptian safeguard offered to set things straight. An Igor Coronado corner caused bedlam nearby with Romarinho having a short proximity took shots at the far post. That was hindered however in spite of the presence of various bodies on the goalline, the ball in the long run tumbled to Hegazi who lashed it high into the net with charm from inside the six yard box.
In the last part, Carlos nearly restored Al-Shabab’s lead with a tremendous above kick that just went wide with Grohe no place. While the Riyadh group had more belonging and consistently conveyed an objective danger, Al-Ittihad, falling off their most memorable loss of the time against Al-Hilal last Thursday, attempted to break forward at each a valuable open door. On one such invasion not long before the hour, Coronado impacted only over from inside the area and not long after Abderrazak Hamdallah shot centimeters wide, however the banner had gone up.
