The attention of local football fans is directed towards King Fahd International Stadium this evening (Tuesday) at exactly ten o'clock at night to watch the last Ramadan football evening in the sports stadiums, facing Al-Hilal and its neighbor Al-Nasr in the Riyadh Derby, in the match presented by the 25th round of the Saudi Roshan League.
Al-Hilal team enters this meeting in difficult circumstances after losing eight points out of nine in the last three matches, as it lost from Al-Shabab and Al-Batin, while it equalized with Al-Taei after it was two goals behind, and tonight’s meeting is the last hope for the leader to return to the competition through victory Otherwise, either stumbling over a draw or a loss would mean losing the title after achieving it for three consecutive seasons. Al-Zaeem is currently in fourth place with 46 points, which it achieved from 13 victories, 7 draws, and 4 losses, and it has 43 goals and 23 goals.
Although the Argentine coach Ramon Diaz relied in previous meetings on the rotation process between the players in order to avoid fatigue, he will enter tonight’s meeting with the starting line-up that he will rely on in the AFC Champions League final, with Abdullah Al-Mayouf in the goalkeeper, and in front of him the quartet Saud Abdel-Hamid, Ali Al-Bulayhi (if he is ready) and John Song and Yasser Al-Shahrani, in front of them the duo Muhammad Kno and Cuellar, while the attack is led by Odion Ighalo and behind him the trio Musa Marija, Salman Al-Faraj and Michel Delgado.
As for the Al-Nasr team, it enters this match, occupying second place with 53 points, which it achieved from 16 victories, 5 draws, and two losses, and it has 49 goals and 12 goals against it. From him, coach Dinko Ilitic, the youth coach, will undergo a difficult test in his first appearance, and he will depend on the stars of the team, led by the duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Talisca, to snatch victory in tonight’s match and share the lead with leaders Al-Ittihad. As for stumbling over a draw or losing, it will make the team’s task more difficult in the rest of the rounds.
Saleh Al-Harbi (Jeddah) @okaz_sport
