Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia reaches the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup

Al-Ittihad Club of Saudi Arabia qualified for the quarter-finals after defeating Auckland City of New Zealand 3-0, at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, in the first round. The goals were scored by Romarinho (29), N’Golo Kante (34) and Karim Benzema (40).

By achieving its second victory in its second participation in the tournament that annually brings together the continental champions in addition to the host country league champion, Al-Ittihad booked its ticket to the quarter-finals, where it will meet on Friday in the same stadium with the Egyptian Al-Ahly, the African champion, the only team that the Saudi club defeated during its previous participation in 2005. When he surpassed him in the quarter-finals 1-0 before losing in the semi-finals to Sao Paulo of Brazil 2-3.