Despite Habib Al-Watyan’s loss of Yassin Bounou’s effort, Al-Hilal defeats Nasaji and takes the lead in the Asian group | Arabic Goal.com

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia took the lead in Group D in the AFC Champions League in its favor by winning against Nessaji of Iran by a score of two to one goal, in the sixth and final round.

Only four minutes passed after the start of the match was whistled, and then Al-Zaeem reached the visitors’ net, as a cross ball from the left side reached the far right of the penalty area, finding Brazilian Michael Delgado unmarked, so he easily put it into the net.

The 28th minute of the first half witnessed the most dangerous opportunity for the leader, after Abdullah Al-Hamdan launched a counterattack until he reached the 18th area and evaded Nasaji’s defense and then shot, but the goalkeeper blocked him, before the ball bounced off him and collided with his defender’s body, but the goalkeeper came back and shone and saved the ball. From the goal line.

Only four minutes later, the referee awarded a penalty kick in favor of Al Hilal, due to the striker, Saleh Al Shehri, obstructing him from behind, but after returning to video technology, he retracted his decision.

In the last moments of the half, Moroccan Yassine Bounou shone. Al-Azraq’s goalkeeper blocked a strong shot from inside the penalty area, depriving Nasaji of an equaliser, before he left at the beginning of the second half and came on for Habib Al-Watyan, as a result of feeling muscle pain.

Salem’s golden touch announces the second goal for Al Hilal⚽️🔥#AlHilal_Nasaji#AFC_Champions_League | ⁦#SSC pic.twitter.com/mxqY5UknNv

– Saudi Sports Company SSC (@ssc_sports) December 4, 2023 ” target=”_blank”>Nine minutes into the second half, Salem Al Dosari added the second goal for Al Hilal with a close shot from inside the penalty area.

Unfortunately for substitute goalkeeper Habib Al-Watyan, he conceded a goal in the 78th minute from a powerful shot by Mahmoud Rahmati from inside the penalty area, thus wasting the series of clean sheets for Al-Hilal after it continued for seven consecutive matches in various tournaments.

The victory raised the leader’s score to 16 points, while Navbakhor stagnated at ten points in the group’s runner-up position.