Al-Ittihad hosts the promotion of Al-Qadisiyah

This Saturday evening, a little shock in the Saudi Pro League. In good form since the start of the season, Al-Ittihad had the opportunity to regain second place in the ranking in the event of a victory against the ambitious promoted Al-Qadisiya. Not without difficulty, Laurent Blanc’s men fulfilled their mission. Served from deep, Karim Benzema opened the scoring for Al-Ittihad in the 8th minute of play (1-0).

However, the visitor’s reaction was not long in coming and came from a calm Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Served by Houssem Aouar after superb work from Karim Benzema, Moussa Diaby scored his first goal with Al-Ittihad to restore the advantage to the Jeddah club (2-1, 68th). Mario Mitaj consolidated his team’s success by scoring his first career goal with great self-sacrifice (3-1, 81st). With this success, Al-Ittihad returns to second place and is three lengths behind leader Al-Hilal.