Al-Hilal snatched a difficult victory against its guest, Al-Taawoun (2-0), this Friday evening at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, within the 13th round of the Saudi Roshan Professional League.

Al Hilal owes the credit for this victory to Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic and Saudi Mohammed Kanno, as the duo scored the winning goals in the two minutes (81 and 90 + 9).

With this victory, Al-Hilal strengthens its lead in the Saudi League with 35 points, while Al-Taawoun temporarily stops at 25 points in fourth place.

First half

The cooperative team had the first opportunity with a dangerous cross from Matheus, which Joao Pedro tried to follow, but Bono was on time and caught it in the third minute.

Before Al Hilal applied offensive pressure in search of scoring an early goal, it almost achieved its goal in the fifth minute through Malcolm with a shot, but Al-Taawoun goalkeeper Mileson blocked it.

In the ninth minute, Mohamed Kanno exchanged passes with Michel and went one-on-one with goalkeeper Mailson and shot strongly, but Mailson brilliantly blocked it for a corner kick.

We had a wonderful opportunity to score Hilal's first goal in the 18th minute after a quick attack that started with Salem Al-Dossary and he passed it to Michel, who played it in a distinctive way for Al-Dossari to confront goalkeeper Mileson and skillfully dribbled past him and shot, but it hit the left post and bounced back to player Mohammed Kanno and he shot, but the defender kept it outside the danger zone.

He tried to cooperate offensively, but his attempts ended at the feet of the defense and Al Hilal goalkeeper Yassine Bono.

Before the 38th minute, Al Hilal’s first goal was scored by its top scorer, Mitrovic, after he followed up on a perfect cross from Saud Abdul Hamid with a wonderful header that went into goalkeeper Milson’s right corner, but the referee canceled the goal after returning to the VAR technique due to a mistake by Mitrovic on defender Gerotto before scoring the goal. .

Nothing new happened in the remaining minutes, so the result of the first half was decided by a goalless tie between Al-Hilal and Al-Taawoun.

Second half:

Al-Taawoun started offensively to score the first goal, and Medran fired a powerful shot from outside the penalty area that went over the crossbar.

It was followed by Midran with a shot from a free kick, which Mohamed Kanno accidentally converted with a header, but goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was alert and blocked it in a distinctive way.

Before Al Hilal took control of the ball and attempted an attack through Mitrovic, who shot from inside the penalty area, but Mileson handled it well.

The crescent attempts continued, but Al-Taawoun’s defense and goalkeeper were on time in front of Mitrovic and his teammates, so the goalless tie remained between the two teams.

Al-Taawoun player Abdul-Malik Al-Ayiri was forced out due to injury in the 66th minute, and his colleague Fahd Al-Abdul-Razzaq replaced him.

Player Yasser Al-Shahrani had the opportunity to score Al-Hilal’s first goal in the 69th minute, after he penetrated into the penalty area, dribbled past the defenders, and shot a powerful ball, but goalkeeper Mileson blocked it.

Al Hilal coach Jesus made his first substitution in the 72nd minute, with Nasser Al-Dosari leaving and Abdullah Al-Hamdan entering.

Hassan Timbukti almost scored an own goal with a header, but goalkeeper Yassine Bounou brilliantly blocked it in the 72nd minute.

Before the 81st minute brought a first goal for Al Hilal through Mitrovic after he followed an indirect free kick from Malcolm, Mitrovic followed it up with a wonderful header against Mileson.

Salem Al-Dosari almost added a second goal for Al-Hilal with a shot, but goalkeeper Mileson blocked it in the 84th minute.

Substitute Saad Al-Nasser had the opportunity to adjust the score for Al-Taawoun in the 88th minute with a powerful shot, but Bono continued his brilliance and blocked it brilliantly.

Mohamed Kanno added a second goal for Al-Hilal in the ninth minute of stoppage time, so the match ended with Al-Hilal defeating Al-Taawoun with a score of 2_0.