Al-Sadd, Al-Hilal and Al-Shorta to the 8th round of the King Salman Cup for Arab Clubs

After their confrontations in the third (last) round in the second group, Al-Sadd of Qatar and Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia advanced to the quarter-finals of the King Salman Cup for Arab Football Clubs, hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where Al-Sadd won 1/0 over Al-Ahly Tripoli, Libya, with the goal of Paolo Ottavio in the 89th minute. A cross from inside the penalty area.

Al-Hilal also achieved its first victory in the championship at the expense of Moroccan Wydad Casablanca 2/1. Al-Hilal scored first through Savic in the 41st minute, and in the second half, Saifuddin Bohra equalized the score in the 64th minute, and Robin Tevez’s goal returned Al-Hilal to the championship after only two minutes.

Thus, Al-Sadd retained the top of the group standings table, with 7 points, 3 points ahead of Al-Hilal, to advance together to the knockout stage.

On the other hand, the Jeddah Al-Ittihad defeated the Iraqi Al-Shorta 2/1, in the third (last) round of the first group, and the Jeddah Al-Ittihad, which was the first to advance to the quarter-finals, retained the lead in the group standings, after raising its score to 9 points, achieving the full mark, after its victory. In all three of his group stage meetings.

Al-Shorta booked the second qualification card for the quarter-finals for that group, after finishing in the runner-up with 4 points.

Ittihad Jeddah took the initiative to score with a shot from outside the penalty area in the 36th minute, with the feet of Ahmed Bamasoud, and Al- Shorta equalized in the 80th minute, with the goal of Abdul Majeed Momouni, but Karim Benzema restored Al-Ittihad to advance again in the 84th minute from a penalty kick, so that the French star topped the list of scorers in the tournament until Now with 3 goals.