Gorizia held off the unashamedly rich Al Hilal very well: Jorge Jesus celebrates an expected but unspectacular victory in Belgrade
Al Hilal and
Gorizia
. The former is going through a good period in its history, the latter a rather bleak one. There is a huge gulf between the two clubs, especially in financial terms, but on the pitch the newly promoted Slovenian second division team did well against the rivals, who were taken over by the cult Portuguese expert. Jorge Jesus. Al Hilal, who finished last season as the third best in the fast-growing Saudi Arabian national championship, was expectedly triumphant, but not with a landslide victory.
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Gorica lost 0:2 after Mohammed Al-Khaibari and Abdullah Radif scored for Al Hilal. The Arabs were represented by Peruvian Andre Carrillo, star Ruben Neves was on the pitch for the last 20 minutes and Kalidou Koulibaly, who also recently joined the club, sat on the reserves bench. Al Hilal dominated on the floor, had the ball in his feet more than 60% of the time, created several chances and took several shots. But Gorica, again led by none other than Miran Srebrnič, can no doubt be satisfied with the final result…
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