The Saudi Al-Ahly team snatched an exciting victory over Al-Fateh, with a score of (3-1), in the postponed match of the 28th round of the Saudi Roshen League competitions, in a match characterized by excitement and decisiveness until the last minutes.
Al-Ahly strengthened its position in the ranking table after raising its score to 72 points in third place, to continue chasing the top teams, while Al-Fateh’s score froze at 33 points in second place. Ten.
The start of the match witnessed a worrying situation for Al-Ahly fans, after goalkeeper Edouard Mendy suffered an early injury in the 12th minute, before he was able to complete the match without problems.
Al-Fateh tried to impose itself in the first minutes, and almost opened the scoring with a strong shot from Nayef Masoud in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper’s alertness prevented that.
Ahly succeeded in opening the score in the 24th minute, after getting a kick. A penalty, which was successfully converted by English star Ivan Toney into the first goal.
The match was not without influential strikes, as Al-Ahly was forced to make an early substitution in the 31st minute after Franck Kessie was injured, with Matheus Gonçalves replacing him.
With the beginning of the second half, Al-Fateh returned to the atmosphere of the match, as Sufyan Ben Dabke was able to equalize in the 49th minute by taking advantage of a perfect cross.
But Al-Ahly did not delay in the match. The response, as he returned to the lead again in the 76th minute from a second penalty kick, from which Evan Toney scored his second personal goal in the match.
Before the final whistle, Toney confirmed his team’s superiority after adding the third goal in the 90th+1 minute, settling the confrontation and giving Al-Ahly three valuable points in the race for the top spot in the league.