Despite the loss - Al-Hilal qualifies for the round of 8 to face Jeddah Ittihad
Al-Ahli achieved a useless victory over Al-Hilal with a single goal, at King Saud University Stadium, in the second leg of the 16th round of the Asian Champions League.
Despite the upscale win, it is the leader who qualified to the round of eight By winning four Versus three goals In total Home and away.
The match began quietly on the part of the two teams with a limited play in the midfield without a real offensive risk, although Ahli dominated the ball more.
Raqi had a chance to take the lead in the 14th minute after Daniel Aleksic got a foul after Salman Al Faraj intervened on the edge of the penalty area, but the first shot was far from wide.
Al-Ahly's players relied on the startings from both sides, but all the first half breaks went to Zaeem's defenders.
In the 27th minute of the first half, Gomes almost took the lead of the Blue Wave with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, but was saved by Mohamed Aweys, goalkeeper of the Jeddaoui team, brilliantly.
Al-Raqi players demanded the referee to award a penalty in the 37th minute after Salem Al-Dosari touched the ball with his hand, but the referee signaled continued play.
In the 42nd minute, Raqi managed to score his first goal after Abdul Fattah Asiri fired a powerful shot from outside the borders of the penalty area passed through the feet of all the players of the Crescent to make their way to the net to the right of goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Mayouf.
The start of the second half did not differ much from the first one, but increased the decline of the players to the center of the leader for fear of receiving another goal, amid the control of Ahlawy without danger.
With the first quarter of an hour in the second 45 minutes, the leader was liberated from the siege at home, and began to exchange the ball with the upscale.
In the 64th minute of the match, Djanini received the ball on the right and then sent a cross into the penalty area, but it reached Yang Soo, Al Hilal player, who drove it to midfield.
Ahli's coach, Branko, kept Syrian star Omar Soma on the bench, pushing him in the final quarter instead of Abdel Fattah Asiri.
Al Hilal got a steady kick just a few steps from the penalty area, which Giovinco fired and Mohammed Al Owais brilliantly grasped.
Five minutes before the end of the meeting, Salem Al-Dosari led a dangerous counterattack for Al-Hilal, who went through a brilliant individual skill from upscale players, to pass it to Giovinco solo goalkeeper, but he hit the post to bounce back to Mohammed Al Owais to catch it, and in the end raised the referee flag pointing infiltration Giovinco.
Hussein Al Maqhawi missed the opportunity of a certain goal for Al Ahli in the last moments after a cross from Djanini, but the first shot awkwardly in the net from outside, ending the meeting win upscale one goal.
Al-Hilal will play Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad in the round of 8, which eliminated Ahsan Isfahan of Iran in the last 16.
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