Al Hilal became complicated in his options to fight for the title of the Saudi League after drawing 2-2 at home against Shabab who was an uncomfortable rival from beginning to end.
It was a fairly intense game, with goal opportunities for both sides, many offenses in the middle of the court and with the controversy to the agenda thanks to two specific interventions of the VAR. Podence opened the account with an early goal that silenced the local public, but Milinkovic-Savic and Dawsari seemed to specify the buzzing of the Blues until the Savior header of Al Shwirekh appeared to decree equality.
The 'white lions' made it clear that they would be a rather uncomfortable rival from the first minute. Podence began to make his own by sending a fairly dangerous center that would not find the scorer Hamdallah. Serious notice of the Portuguese who at 6 minutes silenced the Kingdom Stadium with a real goal. Cañonazo from the edge of the area that went straight to the squad of the Bono goal.
With the goal of the Portuguese, those at home tried to react and had several chances despite the Bonaventura gave them a scare after erroring a hand in hand starring the ball against the bonus face. The calm for Al Hilal reached 30 '. Great pass from the Captain to Dawsari to Milinkovic-Savic, who with the hierarchy that characterizes him hit the ball with power before the goalkeeper's exit to match the game with everything and the controversy in the VAR for a possible lack of Lodi on the Thani.
The goal motivated the 'blues' who went to rest with equality and once resumed the game found 2-1 in the first complement action, a long ball that found Malcom and the former Barça passed precisely to the space to al-Dawsari that he defined with power to put his team advantage. At the moment Al Hilal was drawing a great result that put pressure on Ittihad, but could not counteract the reaction of his rival.
Al Shabab did not fall apart and after a brief period in which little happened and nothing found five minutes of lucidity that were enough to start a visitor point. The tie began to cook with a series of danger plays and finally reached 67 ', when a solitary Shwirekh headed only in the area to define at pleasure and put the 2-2. It wasn't the night for Al Hilal …
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