Saudi champions edge out Egyptian facet on penalties at venue that can host the ultimate of World Cup 2022.
Saudi champions Al Hilal added one other piece of silverware to their trophy cupboard after beating Egypt’s Zamalek on penalty kicks to raise the Lusail Tremendous Cup.
The match, going down at Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Friday, ended 1-1 in regular time in entrance of greater than 77,000 followers.
Al Hilal scored off the primary 4 kicks whereas Zamalek have been solely capable of convert one.
Earlier, Al Hilal’s Odion Ighalo opened the scoring within the 18th minute, chipping over the keeper from the sting of the followers to ship the travelling Saudi followers into rupture.
Ahmed Sayed equalised for the Egyptians who have been capable of stand up to a barrage of assaults by Al Hilal within the second half.
The Saudi facet loved the majority of the possession throughout the sport, however was unable so as to add to its tally earlier than the referee blew for the tip of regular time.
The sport between the Saudi Professional League champions and Egyptian Premier League winners was the primary match to be held on the stadium, which can host the World Cup 2022 ultimate, that includes two overseas groups.
Previous to kick-off, Egyptian music legend Amr Diab additionally carried out on the venue which has a capability of 80,000 and is the final of the eight World Cup venues to host matches.
“I’m so completely happy we received. Zamalek is a high workforce and we misplaced to them final time so this feels even higher,” Muhammad Khalid, Al Hilal supporter from Riyadh, advised Al Jazeera, including that he had a “glorious” time on the match.
“We have been all the time in management. Penalties are usually not all the time honest however we nonetheless have been the higher workforce.
“The power contained in the stadium was loopy.”