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Moroccan Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah and his French colleague Karim Benzema excelled to lead Al-Ittihad, the holders of the Saudi Professional Football League title, to reach the quarter-finals of the King’s Cup after a huge 3-0 victory over its host Al-Fayhaa.
Earlier today, Al-Ittihad defeated Al-Fayhaa 3-0, while Al-Shabab defeated Al-Fateh 2-1 and Al-Taawoun defeated Al-Wehda 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament as well.
Hamdallah was at the peak of his brilliance today and continued his hobby of scoring goals, taking the initiative to give his team the lead in the fifth minute of the match after a perfect pass from Romarinho, which he used alone in the Al-Fayhaa goal, sending Hamdallah the ball over the goalkeeper and into the net.
A hat-trick that takes Al-Ittihad to the quarter-finals🏆
Watch the goals of the match⬇️#The most expensive cups
#Al-Fayhaa_Al-Ittihad | #SSC pic.twitter.com/j4qycAhVJJ– Saudi Sports Company SSC (@ssc_sports) October 31, 2023
Hamdallah returned to score again three minutes before the end of the match, after he snatched the ball inside the penalty area and fired a powerful shot into the goal.
In the third minute of stoppage time in the match, Benzema completed the hat-trick with a powerful, wonderful shot from inside the penalty area that landed in the roof of the net, after which the referee blew the final whistle, announcing Al-Ittihad’s victory and its arrival in the quarter-finals.
Mane gives Al-Nasr a fatal victory
Senegalese Sadio Mane’s goal in extra time led his team to beat its guest Al-Ettifaq 1-0 and reach the quarter-finals of the Saudi King’s Cup in a match that witnessed the suffering of the hosts, who played with ten players since the end of the first half.
In the 107th minute of the match, Ayman Yahya sent a perfect cross pass from the left side to find Mane waiting for it to easily put it into the net and celebrate with his teammates, led by Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, with a difficult victory.
Mane’s decisive goal in the voice of Fahd Al-Otaibi ⚽️🔥🎙
#The most expensive cups
#Victory_Agreement | #SSC pic.twitter.com/TF7xdXwntc– Saudi Sports Company SSC (@ssc_sports) October 31, 2023
The fourth minute of stoppage time in the first half witnessed Anderson Talisca scoring a goal for Al-Nasr, but the referee canceled it after returning to the video assistant referee technology.
But Talisca was sent off in the 11th minute of stoppage time in the same half due to a violent intervention against an Al-Ettifaq player, while Ali Hazazi was expelled from Al-Ittifaq in the 89th minute of the match’s regular time.
