Saudi Gazette report
HONG KONG — Al Ahli booked their place within the Saudi Tremendous Cup remaining with a powerful 5-1 win over 10-man Qadsiah on Wednesday in Hong Kong, organising a high-stakes conflict with Al Nassr for the title.
Regardless of conceding first, Al Ahli responded with authority and took full management of the match following the Forty second-minute sending off of Ghanaian winger Christopher Bonsu Baah in his aggressive debut for Qadsiah.
Qadsiah struck early, taking an eighth-minute lead via Gastón Álvarez, who nodded in unmarked from shut vary after a low cross by Mohammed Al Thani from a nook. However their lead lasted solely 4 minutes.
Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessié equalized within the twelfth minute, capitalizing on a defensive error following a throw-in, calmly slotting the ball into the web from shut vary.
Al Ahli have been then awarded a penalty within the twenty sixth minute after a prolonged VAR evaluate for a handball by Nahitan Nández. Ivan Toney stepped up and transformed within the twenty eighth to place the Jeddah giants forward.
By the thirty first minute, Al Ahli had stretched their lead additional when French winger Enzo Millot headed in a pinpoint cross from Riyad Mahrez to make it 3-1.
The sport tilted decisively when Bonsu Baah was proven a straight crimson card for a reckless problem on Roger Ibañez simply earlier than halftime.
Al Ahli punished Qadsiah instantly, with Kessié grabbing his second of the night time deep into first-half stoppage time with one other sturdy header, once more assisted by Mahrez.
The dominance continued after the break, and within the sixtieth minute, Qadsiah captain Nacho Fernández by chance turned the ball into his personal web whereas trying to clear, gifting Al Ahli a fifth aim.
Ivan Toney thought he had added a sixth late on, however the strike was dominated out for offside.
Qadsiah struggled to create probabilities after their vivid begin, and Italian striker Mateo Retegui remained ineffective all through earlier than being substituted with simply over 10 minutes remaining.
With this emphatic win, Al Ahli now put together to face Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr within the remaining on August 23, in a showdown between two of Saudi Arabia’s most formidable golf equipment.
