Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Riyadh: Al Hilal SFC head coach Razvan Lucescu admitted his side were not at their best in Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat to rivals Al Ahli Saudi FC in the second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League Round of 16.
Abdulfattah Asiri’s 42nd minute strike was the difference at the final whistle at King Saud University Stadium, but a 4-2 victory in Jeddah a week earlier ensured Al Hilal progressed to the quarter-finals for the seventh time in their history.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Riyadh: Al Hilal SFC rounded off the eight teams in the 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals despite suffering a 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Al Ahli Saudi FC in the second leg of the Round of 16 on Tuesday. A 4-3 aggregate score means Al Hilal are set to face arch-rivals Al Ittihad in the next round.
Bringing to an end a five-match winless run in the AFC Champions League knock-out stage was a must if Al Ahli were to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2013.
Furthermore, it needed to come with a three-goal difference to overturn the 4-2 defeat from the home first leg.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The cast for the 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals was finalised on Tuesday following the conclusion of the West Round of 16 ties.
Al Sadd SC, AFC Champions League winners in 2011, and Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal SFC - twice runners-up in the present format of the Continental showpiece - advanced from their Round of 16 ties on Tuesday to join Al Nassr and Al Ittihad in the last eight.
Saudi sides Al Nassr and two-time champions Al Ittihad had sealed their places on Monday.
The quarter-finals will see Al Nassr facing Al Sadd on August 26 and September 16 while the all-Saudi last eight tie between Al Ittihad and Al Hilal will take place on August 27 and September 16.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: Fans at Grand Hamad Stadium were treated to a fine display of attacking football as Al Ittihad and Zobahan played out a seven-goal thriller with the Saudis emerging 4-3 winners in the second leg of their 2019 AFC Champions League Round of 16 encounter to guarantee themselves a place in the quarter-finals.
Having won the first leg 2-1, the two-time continental champions advanced with a 6-4 aggregate score and have set up an all-Saudi quarter-final clash with one of their arch-rivals Al Hilal or Al Ahli. The two sides face-off in Riyadh on Tuesday.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: Al Sadd head coach Xavi expressed his delight after the Qatar Stars League champions sealed a place in the 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Al Sadd saw off the challenge of Qatar rivals Al Duhail, scoring a 3-1 win in the second leg of their Round of 16 tie to advance 4-2 on aggregate.
Strikes by Akram Afif, Abdelkarim Hassan and an own goal by Ahmed Yasser secured Al Sadd the win but Spain and Barcelona legend Xavi said it was a team effort that took Al Sadd to a quarter-final tie against Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: An action-packed encounter at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium saw Al Sadd SC qualify for the 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-1 win over rivals Al Duhail SC, securing a 4-2 aggregate victory on Tuesday.
Only one of the two Qatari sides could make it back-to-back AFC Champions League quarter-finals, and Al Sadd had the relative advantage going into the Tuesday fixture, having scored an away goal in the 1-1 draw at Al Duhail’s ground last week.
They will face Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr in the quarter-finals, scheduled for August 26 and September 16.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Abu Dhabi: Captain Omar Hawsawi has been quick to declare it was a job well done after Al Nassr sealed their place in this season’s AFC Champions League quarter-finals following a dramatic 3-2 win over Al Wahda FSCC from the United Arab Emirates on Monday.
Two goals from midfield dynamo Giuliano laid the foundations for the victory, one which saw the Saudi Arabian giants progress through to the last eight courtesy of a 4-3 aggregate success.
With one of Qatari duo Al Duhail SC or Al Sadd SC now awaiting them in the next round, Hawsawi was adamant that the result was exactly what Al Nassr deserved on a night of high drama at the Al Nahyan Stadium.