Watch.. Benzema and Ouarr lead Al-Ittihad to victory and share Saudi League lead | sport
Hossam scored from a penalty kick in stoppage time to give Al-Ittihad a 2-1 win over Al-Taoun and snatch another last-gasp win for coach Laurent Blanc’s side in the Saudi Professional Football League on Thursday. .
Al-Ittihad, which won its opening match against Al-Khulaud with an hour goal in stoppage time, increased its score to 6 points, level with Al-Hilal, Al-Qadisiyah and Al-Ittifaq.
Al-Tawoun, which finished the match with 10 players, froze to 3 points in ninth place after the sending off of Aoun Al-Slauli.
Captain Karim Benzema, who suffered an injury late on, equalized for Al-Ittihad in the 70th minute, after Musa Barrow had put Al-Tawoun ahead in the 59th minute.
After a video assistant referee review in stoppage time, Al-Ittihad looked set to overturn, before the referee awarded a penalty kick to the home team, which Algerian Ouarr successfully scored.
Al-Ittihad imposed its control early in the match, and claimed a penalty kick after winger Moussa Diaby Al-Saloli was intercepted, but the video assistant referee’s review did not prove an infringement had occurred.
Barrow fired in a shot from close range, but Al-Ittihad defender Saad Al-Musa brilliantly blocked it, before the Al-Tawoun striker tried again, but goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic blocked his shot before the end of the first half.
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Benzema thought he had given Al-Ittihad the lead shortly after the start of the second half, but the goal was ruled out for offside.
Against the run of play, Barrow goalkeeper Rajkovic succeeded in scoring with a perfect shot from long range that landed in the top corner.
But Benzema equalized with a backheel shot after a low pass, scoring his first goal in the league, before Al-Ittihad stepped up his effort in search of the winner.
Benzema went off in stoppage time, and was left suffering as he left the field, giving up his place as a substitute for Abdelaziz Al-Bishi.
As the fans waited for the final whistle, Diaby went down after a foul by Al-Saluli, so the video assistant referee intervened and awarded a penalty kick, this time to Al-Ittihad, before showing Al-Taoun a red card in the face. the defender
He succeeded in scoring from the penalty spot in the last minute of the hour to grab the win in his first match with Al-Khulaud.