Team fights Jeddah Union The professional among its ranks, the Egyptian star Ahmed Hegazy, has a fiery confrontation when he is a heavy guest on Al Hilal, today, Tuesday, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League competition.
The Al Hilal match against Al-Ittihad will be held at eight in the evening today, Tuesday, Cairo time, at the “Kingdom Arena” stadium, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the current version of the AFC Champions League 2023-2024.
The Saudi club, Ittihad Jeddah, advanced to the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League, after its difficult victory over the Uzbekistan champions, Nafbakhor, with a score of 2-1, in the match that brought them together at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (the Radiant Jewel), in the second leg of the round of 16 of the AFC Champions League this season. 2023-2024, in which the first leg ended in a goalless draw, qualifying with a score of 2-1.
While the Al Hilal team qualified for the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League with a score of 6-2, winning 3-1 back and forth in the round of 16 competitions.
Al-Zaeem is seeking to repeat its superiority over Al-Ittihad Jeddah, after Al-Hilal won the Saudi Football Clasico against Ahmed Hegazy and his companions last Friday evening, with a score of 3-1, at the Kingdom Arena, for the 22nd round of the Saudi League competitions.
Al-Hilal leads the Saudi League standings with 62 points, nine points behind Al-Nasr, the runner-up and second-placed team, while Al-Ittihad is in fifth place in the league standings with 37 points, and two points behind Al-Taawoun, which is in fourth place.
Statistics reveal that since the launch of the AFC Champions League in its current form in the 2002-2003 season, each of them has won two titles, while Al Hilal has won the title of the most prestigious club tournament in Asia since its establishment four times, which is a record..
When the two teams last met in the AFC Champions League in the quarter-finals in 2019, it was Al Hilal who won 3-1 on aggregate on their way to being crowned champions.