Al Shabab vs Al Hilal _ Highlights _ Roshn Saudi League _ 30th November 2024
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00:00Hello everyone and welcome to our live coverage of the big Saturday night match in Riyadh as the champions Al-Hilal travel across the city to face top five contenders Al-Shabaab.
00:14So away we go and Al-Hilal playing in their change strip they're in all white for this one kicking from left to right in the first half.
00:35It's Malcolm who is going to take this free kick for the champions Al-Hilal in it comes and Khatani trying to get on the end of it referee really well placed to see the challenge made upon him and Al-Shabaab will look to break away and to transition quickly with Giacomo Bonaventura sending it forward now into the box it goes towards Hamdala.
00:59What a start for Al-Shabaab, Abdulazak, Hamdala. Give him half a chance nine times out of ten it ends up in the back of the net. Al-Shabaab one, Al-Hilal nil.
01:15And what a super start for the home side.
01:18Brilliant play from start to finish. Such a rapid counter-attack and a wonderful header to find the back of the net from Hamdala. Eighth goal of the season for him.
01:34Milinkovic Savic fighter Al-Qahtani.
01:48Mohamed Al-Qahtani have been crying out for a pass to Al-Cancelo now.
01:52The opportunity to deliver the little tip and the head in at the far post.
01:56Sergei Milinkovic Savic.
01:59Two goals in the opening 13 minutes.
02:011-1. Al-Qahtani does absolutely brilliant over on this right-hand side.
02:07They just work the ball to him. He's got acres of space just to drive in towards that 18-yard area.
02:12The overlap is there from Cancelo.
02:14What a beautiful ball.
02:16You can see the dink over the goalkeeper.
02:20Al-Mayouf and Savic is just waiting there.
02:22The poacher beats his man.
02:25He's not going to miss from there.
02:27Straight into the back of the net.
02:28What a start to the game we've had.
02:31One cap going long towards Pudence.
02:37Inch-perfect pass.
02:38Al-Qahtani makes the run ahead and he'll collect the ball here.
02:40Mohamed Al-Qahtani and it was nearly 2-1.
02:44What an opportunity.
02:46That's absolutely brilliant.
02:47Al-Qahtani's made an outstanding overlap and run.
02:50And it's Pudence.
02:51You know, we talked about him when he's on the ball, the quality.
02:53But he just times his run and the pass shoots wide.
02:56But my goodness, that could have been their second goal.
02:59Wanker into Al-Qahtani and again Al-Hilal are forced to race back to the edge of their own penalty area.
03:12Bonaventura sends it back.
03:14Wanker with a little chip into Al-Qahtani.
03:16Hamdala.
03:16And it's a goal that Al-Shabaab deserved for the way that they've played in this first half.
03:26Abdelazak, Hamdala's second goal of the first half.
03:29Hamdala is absolutely brilliant.
03:31OK, the contact's not great and that's probably what takes it just to the side of the goalkeeper.
03:36But the timing of the run is brilliant.
03:38And Hamdala waiting in the box there.
03:40Yes, he's in an offside position initially, but when the ball comes back with his left foot, just scuffs, I suppose, off the top of his left foot.
03:48But that's an excellent finish.
03:50Yeah, just got there ahead of Khalidou Koulibaly.
03:53And out of reach for Yassine Bono, the goalkeeper of Al-Hilal.
03:59Beaten for the first time in the league in a year and a half last weekend.
04:03They are in a spot of bother here in the derby away to Al-Shabaab.
04:07He's just waiting for the official signal from the officials, but the goal is not going to stand.
04:17I mean, here's the build-up to that second goal, the one that's just been chalked off.
04:22I'm not quite sure, but he's not involved in the first phase, is he?
04:26I think he'd be really, really frustrated with this, but he's got so much space to put the ball in the back of the net there, Hamdala.
04:33Here comes Hamdala, trying to get away from Koulibaly.
04:40Koulibaly could be in a spot of bother here from the referee.
04:43And he most certainly is.
04:47Koulibaly looking anxiously back to referee Halil Umutmuller.
04:52And they are going to be down to ten.
04:59Late first-half drama in the derby.
05:02Here it is once more.
05:04He has that run in seat.
05:06It's a brilliant run from Hamdala, who's played through, but quick feet.
05:09Just knows he's got to skip that ball past the centre-half.
05:12And Koulibaly has got to try and just stay on his feet in defending a 1v1 situation.
05:16Poking that leg out, you cannot do that.
05:21And I think he knows, as soon as he turns towards that referee, he knows he's in big trouble.
05:31Looking at me, Simon, as if you think it's not a red.
05:33I'm just thinking it's just never ideal when you see a player immediately trying to tell the referee what to do.
05:38Yeah, yeah, I understand.
05:39And celebrating the decision.
05:40But as we've seen it in certain situations over certain games throughout this season so far,
05:46I think Koulibaly knew that he had to make that challenge and he had to be perfect with it.
05:52And he'll be disappointed.
05:56This is going to be, you sense, a testing second half.
06:00And stretching to try and get there, Giacomo Bonaventura.
06:03Maybe down to 10, but they've still got the quality to threaten here, right up to the edge of the penalty area.
06:15And the referee will step in and it's 10 v 10 for the rest of the game.
06:23Al-Shabaab down to 10.
06:24Let's watch this and the challenge coming in from Nader Al-Sharani on Salim Al-Dasari.
06:33Yeah, Al-Dasari, he just continues his run.
06:36He can see the position of Al-Sharari.
06:38He's looking to see where Al-Dasari is.
06:41But when he gets goal side of him, we have to think about the sending off in the first half.
06:46He's running and on goal.
06:47It's a goal opportunity.
06:49And Al-Sharari, you've got to just try and stay on your feet.
06:53He knows he's in a panic situation there.
06:56But when you make contact with Al-Dasari, he must have known that the referee was right behind that.
07:04And he was always going to go towards his top pocket.
07:07Fancies this.
07:08Here we go.
07:09Lovely free kick.
07:10Great goal.
07:10Brilliant.
07:12Sensational from Sergei Milinkovic-Savic.
07:18That's what champions do when you put them in a corner.
07:21They come out fighting and Al-Hilal take the lead.
07:27He's not panicked at all.
07:29He's picked his spot.
07:31And I can't tell you how difficult that is to being close to the edge of the 18-yard area to get it above the wall, whipped into the corner to give Al-Mayouf absolutely no chance.
07:41This game has completely flipped on its head now.
07:4410 v 10, but take nothing away from that.
07:47That is absolutely world-class.
07:49And, yeah, I was going to say, surely not overstating it to say that was a world-class goal from Milinkovic-Savic.
07:55Here comes Hamdala.
08:02They're all looking across for offside.
08:05Bonaventura makes the run, but the shot coming in blocked by Bono.
08:09And the flag finally goes up.
08:10Can they draw level eight on here?
08:19No.
08:20And Abdurazak, Hamdala, can't quite believe that that one's ended up wide of the post.
08:28Oh, my goodness.
08:29I mean, I don't think anybody can believe he's actually missed the target because, again, you know, it's good play through that midfield area.
08:36There's Bonaventura again with the through ball.
08:39And Hamdala, he times it perfectly well.
08:42Tries to curl it around the goalkeeper.
08:43But he needs to know he's got a little bit more time on his hands there as well, but that's a huge opportunity.
08:52Yannick Carrasco needs to come up with a special delivery here.
08:59It's a pretty good one, and Bono is there to gather it under pressure from Hamdala underneath the crossbow.
09:04That should do it for Al-Hilal.
09:06Well, 100 minutes played, and the derby victory goes to Al-Hilal.
09:17Back to winning ways.
09:19Beaten last week for the first time in 18 months.
09:22They did it the hard way behind to an early goal from Abdurazak Hamdala,
09:27but two goals from Sergei Milinkovic-Savic.
09:30It finished 10-10 in terms of players on the pitch, in terms of the scoreline.
09:35Al-Shabaab 1, Al-Hilal 2.