With a goal scored for free in the first half of their match at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah as part of the sixth week competitions, the Saudi Jeddah Professional Federation team, comprised of its Egyptian duo of Ahmed Hegazy and Tariq Hamed, ended the first half ahead of its opponent Al-Fateh. 2022–2023 from the Saudi League.
Al-Ittihad is opposed to Al-Fateh.
The advance goal for Al-Ittihad against Al-Fateh was scored by the Brazilian Romarinho in the 32nd minute of the game on a beautiful header, becoming Al-all-time Ittihad’s leading scorer in the professional league with 59 goals.
According to “Opta” network statistics, the Brazilian forward contributed to 75 goals in 121 games of the Saudi Professional League, scoring 59 goals and dishing out 16 assists.
Grouhy, Swailem Al-Menhali, Ahmed Hegazy, Omar Hawsawi, Hamdan Al-Shamrani, Henrique, Al-Nashiri, Cornado, Al-Aboud, Romarinho, and Hamdallah were the founding members of the federation against Al-Fateh.
Additionally, the Al-Ittihad club started Egyptian international Ahmed Hegazy, while Tariq Hamed, a midfielder and fellow countryman, was suspended after being kicked out of the El Clasico triumph, which had a poor final round result.
Al-Ittihad is playing the match with 11 points, collected from 3 victories and 2 draws, while Al-Fateh has 6 points, collected from 2 victories and 3 defeats.
Al-Ittihad seeks to win and snatch the three points of the match to occupy the runners-up position and chase the youth leaders at the top early.
The Saudi Federation has achieved a record that the team has not reached before in the history of its participation in the Saudi Professional League.
According to the Saudi League’s official Twitter account, “The Federation has kept a clean sheet in 6 consecutive matches for the first time in the history of its involvement in the Professional League.
Al-Ittihad, under the direction of Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe, kept a clean sheet for the first five rounds of the league championship for the current season 2022–23, and the team did not receive any goals during its final game in the Saudi League for the season ending 2021–22, extending Al-streak Ittihad’s of clean sheets to six games.
The Saudi Football Association’s Disciplinary Committee fined Tariq Hamed, a player for Jeddah Union, in addition to suspending him for violent play after he was directly kicked out in front of Al Ittihad Jeddah and Al Nasr and after turning to video evidence for his strong entry at Vincent Abu Bakr’s feet.
Al-Ittihad opposed to Al-Fateh. Ahmed Hegazy and his teammates performed admirably in the opening period with a “video” goal.
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