Al Khaleej vs Al Ittihad _ Highlights _ Roshn Saudi League _ 26th February 2025(480P)
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00:00Hello, I'm Martin Fisher. Welcome to Dhamam for tonight's live action from the Roshan Saudi
00:11League as Al Khalij take on league leaders Al Etihad. Promises to be quite a test for these
00:17Al Khalij players. So Al Khalij in the all-yellow strip get us underway just two points from their
00:25four games in February so far. Now Etihad will test that record and then some as Fabinho tries to
00:35thread that through for Abdul Rahman starting on the left-hand side of the attacking three.
00:46Goals have been difficult to come by of late for Al Khalij, they haven't scored a goal since
00:52the 6th of February but they're threatening here and there's a half a chance and a good save by
00:56Raikovic point-blank range and the Serbian comes up with a very important stop. Yeah it is like
01:04say started on the front foot and we said that it might be set pieces and balls into the box that
01:09that could be big for for Al Khalij. Salam Nasser with a chance to play it through flag stays down for now
01:19Raikovic with the save and now the flag is raised.
01:26Fabio Martins, that's a decent cutback. Al Salam with the shot.
01:32It's a very good save from Raikovic. Now he's heading into the bottom corner.
01:38Yeah fantastic play down this right-hand side. Martins with a lovely, a lovely ball across.
01:44I think that's the one thing that that they're doing better than than Al Salam at the minute.
01:48The quality on the ball and the way the fizzing the passes in and getting these opportunities,
01:55they look like the they look like the team that are top of the league at the moment.
01:59Al Salam just forces Al Khalij out of the penalty area. In goes the cross.
02:06Kadesh couldn't get up and it's headed over the crossbar. It's a decent opportunity that for Al Khalij.
02:15Kadesh just never got off the ground and that enabled Hamzy
02:19to get his header in. Should he have done better, Mart?
02:25Yeah, it's a difficult one. I don't think it's too high for him. I think he just probably times his jump wrong.
02:32It's great work from the Portuguese. For Tunis. Stopped by Conte, who will drive on here Conte,
02:43and will get the shot away. And it just dribbles wide.
02:51Salam.
02:53Lifting it in. Martins has made a good run, and it's going to drop here for Al Salam, and a very important block.
03:02Lifting it in.
03:04Initially great goalkeeping from Reykjavik, and the follow-up defended well also.
03:14Khalij probing once more. Conte looks to bring it away for El Itihan.
03:22Diaby. Conte.
03:28Stopped by Fortunis.
03:32Yeah, again, it's another ball into the box for Al Khalij. It's another cross that causes danger.
03:38It causes uncertainty. The goalkeeper deals with it really well.
03:43Yeah, lovely shape to the cross. Lovely shape, and in a great area.
03:48And the keeper makes his mind up early that he's going to come and deal with it.
03:51And when a goalkeeper does that, it reassures his defenders in front of him.
04:05This is Diaby, though. He's carried it a long way, and he takes on the shot.
04:09Well, those in yellow were retreating and retreating, and Diaby carried and thought, well, it's on for me.
04:19Yeah, the first sign of Diaby being positive, and I watched him a lot at Aston Villa, and the way that he played, he was very positive, very direct.
04:30He's got good speed, good feet.
04:38Here's Diaby.
04:40Round the corner for Fawaz, and it's in.
04:43Back post, Abdul Rahman.
04:46On the counter-attack, the league leaders take the lead on a very difficult evening for them, away to Al Khalij.
04:55Sucker punch for Al Khalij.
04:58A chance up the other end with their set-piece.
05:02That's saved, and quickly up the other end, and Al Etihad get the opening goal themselves.
05:09Abdul Rahman, with his fifth and his last seven games, it's 1-0, Al Etihad.
05:17Yeah, what a moment. Benzema with the ball across to Diaby.
05:22Diaby plays a lovely ball down the side, and it's what we spoke about in the first half.
05:27It's runners going down it, breaking lines, past the defence.
05:33He does that so well, and Abdul Rahman at the back post, like all good wingers should be,
05:39and he's there, he won't score an easier goal. It's a tap-in in the end, but fantastic moment.
05:50Moog's ball in. Was that a handball? It was.
05:55Saad, the defender, the referee, well positioned to see what happened,
06:01and he points straight to the spot. Obviously, VAR will check.
06:10But right now, there appears to be a way back into the game for Al Khalij.
06:14Your thoughts, Mark?
06:16Yeah, it did look like it touched his hand on my initial thought.
06:22His arms are stretched out there. It does come off his hand, Jerry.
06:26It's close. It's very close, but it does look like a handball to me.
06:29I've got to be honest with you.
06:30Al Khalij, level six minutes into added time, and it's 1-1.
06:46I never had any doubt in him. He just slides it down the middle,
06:49and in all honesty, it's nothing less than they deserve tonight.
06:55Al Khalij, they've been brilliant from start to finish.
06:58They've weathered storms, and they fully deserve that equaliser.
07:03That late penalty from Konstantinos Fortunis means that it finishes all square here.
07:21A rare bump in the road for Laurent Blanc and Al Etihad.
07:26Their run of four consecutive victories comes to an end, but they stretch their lead at the top
07:32over Al Khalil to five points. It finishes Al Khalij 1, Al Etihad 1.
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