With a fatal victory, Al-Ittihad escapes the trap of unity and Benzema’s strikes before El Clasico
French Karim Benzema, Al-Ittihad Jeddah striker, continued to suffer with the team during the Al-Wahda match in the Saudi League.
Karim Benzema missed a penalty kick in Al-Ittihad’s fatal 2-1 win over Al-Wahda on Monday evening, in the 21st round of the Roshen Saudi Professional League Championship at the “Radiant Jewel” Stadium.
Benzema missed the penalty kick in the 11th minute of stoppage time in the first half, as he shot the ball into the left corner, but it was blocked by Al Wahda’s goalkeeper.
This was the third penalty kick that Benzema missed with Al-Ittihad in his first season with the “Dean”, after he missed a penalty kick during his team’s loss against Al-Hilal 1-3 in the quarter-finals of the Arab Championship, and another kick in the loss to Al-Ahly of Egypt with the same result in the quarter-finals. Club World Cup.
The 36-year-old also previously scored two goals by mistake during the matches between Al-Taawoun in the Saudi League and Nafbakhor of Uzbekistan in the AFC Champions League.
A side of the match between Al-Ittihad and Al-Wahda
In addition, the former Real Madrid star caused a penalty kick against his team during the Al-Nasr match, which Al-Ittihad lost 2-5 in the Saudi League.
After his goal against Al-Wahda was canceled due to a handball in the 32nd minute, in addition to missing a penalty kick in the 45th + 11th minute, Al-Ittihad was able to decide the match in their favor in the end with an exciting scenario, as they won 2-1 in the last moments.
Nigerian Odion Ighalo opened the scoring for Al-Wahda in the 35th minute, before Al-Ittihad was able to turn the tables with two goals scored by Moroccan Abderrazak Hamdallah in the 84th minute from a penalty kick and 90+4 of the match.
The winning goal scored by Hamdallah was created by Karim Benzema, and the irony is that it came at a time when Al-Ittihad was playing with only ten players after Saad Al-Moussa was sent off in the 90th minute of the match.
Al-Ittihad achieved its third consecutive victory in the Roshen League, raising its score to 37 points in fifth place, while Al-Wahda’s score froze at 26 points in ninth place.
It is noteworthy that Al-Ittihad will meet in the next round against Al-Hilal, the league leaders, next Friday, at the summit of the 22nd week of the competition at the “Kingdom Arena”.
