Al-Ettifaq snatched three valuable points, after defeating its guest Al-Shabab 1-0, scored by Swedish Robin Quaison in the 16th minute of the match that took place on Sunday, at Prince Muhammad bin Fahd Stadium in Dammam, for the 26th round of the Saudi Roshen League.
With this loss, Al-Shabab failed to break the agreement knot when it received it in Dammam, as the owner of the land won three matches and tied in two matches, in the last five seasons.
Al-Ettifaq rose to eighth place with 33 points, while Al-Shabab remained third with 53 points.
The first half did not live up to the hoped-for level, and Al-Ettifaq almost snatched an early goal had it not been for the Swedish Robin Kwaison’s header that crossed the crossbar (5). From a quick attack, Al-Ettifaq succeeded in advancing the result when Kwaison set off behind the ball, faced the goal, and aimed it to the left of the Korean goalkeeper Kim Seung (16) and tried Al-Shabab equalized before the end of the first half, but his attempts did not pose a danger to Al-Ettifaq’s goal, until Fawaz Al-Saqour hit a powerful ball that was blocked by Brazilian goalkeeper Paulo Victor and returned to Spain’s Santi Mina, who hit it hard over the crossbar.
In the second half, the youth rushed to attack, but it did not make any opportunity and did not threaten its host’s goal except with a direct free kick. It was executed by Argentine Christian Guanca and played a strong ball that slightly crossed the crossbar (73) and gave another opportunity for the youth, but Santi Mina’s header crossed the crossbar (87), followed by Riad Sharahili With a powerful shot, Paulo Victor caught it brilliantly (89), and Al-Ettifaq almost snatched a second goal, but Abdullah Al-Salem’s ball was intercepted by the defender and turned into a corner (90) and in stoppage time, the crossbar denied Al-Ettifaq a goal when it tackled Ahmed Al-Ghamdi’s ball before returning to find his Brazilian colleague Veninho who aimed it next to the post.
