Doha (AFP) – Marcus Berg scored from the penalty spot twice as UAE’s Al Ain sent last year’s runners-up Al Hilal crashing out of the Asian Champions League on Monday.
The 2-1 defeat saw Al Hilal fail to add to their two points after five matches in Group D, as the Saudi giants exited in the group phase of the tournament for the first time since 2006.
Doha (AFP) – Qatar’s Al Duhail who became the first team to secure their knockout ticket in the Asian Champions League on Monday but Saudi giants Al Hilal’s chances suffered a blow.
Al Hilal, losers in last year’s final, were off colour against Michael Laudrup’s Al Rayyan who dominated play and created more chances as they won 2-1 in Doha.
Berlin (AFP) – The president of the Iranian FA has reportedly flown to meet with FIFA president Gianni Infantino to urge him to intervene in a politically-charged Asian Champions League game.
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have affected the forthcoming match between Tehran-based Esteghlal and Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal.
Berlin (AFP) – The president of the Iranian FA has reportedly flown to meet with FIFA president Gianni Infantino to urge him to intervene in a politically-charged Asian Champions League game.
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have affected the forthcoming match between Tehran-based Esteghlal and Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal.
Saitama (Japan) (AFP) – Brazilian sharp-shooter Rafael Silva smashed a late winner as Japan’s Urawa Reds beat 10-man Al Hilal 1-0 on Saturday to win a second Asian Champions League title.
The forward, who also scored in last weekend’s 1-1 first-leg draw in Riyadh, blasted a superb winner two minutes from time for Urawa, last crowned continental champions in 2007.
Saitama (Japan) (AFP) – Brazilian sharp-shooter Rafael Silva smashed a late winner as Japan’s Urawa Reds beat 10-man Al Hilal 1-0 on Saturday to win a second Asian Champions League title.
The forward, who also scored in last weekend’s 1-1 first-leg draw in Riyadh, blasted a superb winner two minutes from time for Urawa, last crowned continental champions in 2007.
Tokyo (AFP) – Urawa Reds will be favourites to exorcise Japan’s Asian Champions League demons when they host Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in the second leg of the final on Saturday.
With the Reds hoping to end a decade of hurt in Asia’s premier club competition, Brazilian forward Rafael Silva became embroiled in a race row following last weekend’s 1-1 draw in Riyadh, adding to the tension.
Muscat (AFP) – Omar Kharbin scored twice as Saudi giants Al Hilal eased into the AFC Champions League final with a 6-2 aggregate victory over Iran’s Persepolis following a 2-2 draw in their semi-final second leg on Tuesday.
Al Hilal already had one foot in the final after an emphatic 4-0 victory over the leading Iranian side in the first leg, but Tuesday’s match proved much tougher with Persepolis taking the lead on two occasions only for Al Hilal to bounce back twice and clinch a draw.
Muscat (AFP) – Omar Kharbin scored twice as Saudi giants Al Hilal eased into the AFC Champions League final with a 6-2 aggregate victory over Iran’s Persepolis following a 2-2 draw in their semi-final second leg on Tuesday.
Al Hilal already had one foot in the final after an emphatic 4-0 victory over the leading Iranian side in the first leg, but Tuesday’s match proved much tougher with Persepolis taking the lead on two occasions only for Al Hilal to bounce back twice and clinch a draw.
Riyadh (AFP) – Carlos Eduardo struck a fine hat-trick as Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal stormed into the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League with a 3-0 rout of UAE’s Al Ain on Monday.
Victory at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh gave the reigning Saudi champions and continental runners-up in 2014 a 3-0 aggregate win following their goalless draw in the first leg last month.
Riyadh (AFP) – Carlos Eduardo struck a fine hat-trick as Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal stormed into the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League with a 3-0 rout of UAE’s Al Ain on Monday.
Victory at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh gave the reigning Saudi champions and continental runners-up in 2014 a 3-0 aggregate win following their goalless draw in the first leg last month.
Al-Ain (United Arab Emirates) (AFP) – Al Ain and Al Hilal have it all to play for after an absorbing goalless draw in their Asian Champions League quarter-final first leg here on Monday.
In sweltering conditions, UAE’s Al Ain, the inaugural winners of the competition and the runners-up last year to South Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, produced most of the chances but some stout defending prevented them from scoring.
Al-Ain (United Arab Emirates) (AFP) – Al Ain and Al Hilal have it all to play for after an absorbing goalless draw in their Asian Champions League quarter-final first leg here on Monday.
In sweltering conditions, UAE’s Al Ain, the inaugural winners of the competition and the runners-up last year to South Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, produced most of the chances but some stout defending prevented them from scoring.
London (AFP) – Big-spending Wolves made a strong start to their promotion bid as Leo Bonatini’s debut goal sealed a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough on the opening weekend of the Championship on Saturday.
Brazilian striker Bonatini, signed on a season-long loan from Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, punished a mistake from Boro defender Daniel Ayala to settle a tight encounter in the 33rd minute at Molineux.
Doha (AFP) – Qatar’s Al Rayyan crashed out of the Asian Champions League after being handed a heartbreaking 4-3 defeat by Saudi giants Al Hilal on Monday.
The Michael Laudrup managed side needed a win to secure their first ever last 16 berth but a brace each by Nicolas Milesi and Omar Khribin in a Doha thriller put paid to their hopes as already qualified Al Hilal went on to top Group D with 12 points from six matches.
The fans of Saudi league side Al-Hilal are no strangers to magnificent tifos. And again, in the second leg of the AFC Champions League second leg clash with Persepolis, the home fans produced a superb Mortal Kombat-inspired display.
Starting with "Sub-Zero" from the famous video game, the display at the King Fahd International Stadium turned to a great big "Finish 'em".
Saudi Arabian football will be well represented in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions
League. Following this week's Round of 16 matches three sides from Saudi Arabia made it through to
the last eight with another five teams, all hailing from different nations, Â to join them in the
business end of the tournament.
Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club (Arabic: نادي الهلال‎), usually called Al-Hilal, is a
Saudi Arabian soccer club based in the country's capital of Riyadh. The club won its 13th Saudi
Premier League title last season and was a semi-finalist in the 2010 edition of the AFC Champions
League. Manager by former German international and Hamburger SV [.
Saudi Arabia's domestic championship began this weekend with record champions Al-Hilal showing
their mettle as they came from behind to defeat Hajer Club by two goals to one whilst Al-Ittihad
warmed up for their forthcoming AFC Champions League clash with South Korean outfit FC Seoul with
an exciting 5-3 triumph over Al Tawwun.
The group stages in the two major Asian club competitions have concluded on Wednesday and there
was plenty of tension in the air. The remaining places in the Round of 16 stages of each
competition were up for grabs and ensured some dramatic action on Matchday 6.
In the AFC Champions League there was virtually nothing left to play for in the east of the
continent as all of the qualifiers from Groups E-H were known before kick-off.
Zenit St Petersburg fans don't like saying any of Axel Witsel's non-white skin in their kit. But he treated them to a glimpse of a bit more of his most un-Zenit-like complexion than usual as he prepared to take to the field for the friendly against Al Hilal.
The sheer volume of combined calamities needed for Al-Hilal to concede this goal boggles the mind.
It's like a Keystone Cops greatest hits clip.- Greg Seltzer
In which, during his side's 2-1 U23 Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Cup win over Al Ansar, Al Hilal's
Radwan Al-Moosa pops up completely unmarked at the back stick to apply a consumate finishing touch
(on the volley) to his opponent's lame cross/tame shot..
Gymnastic geriatric Over-exuberant manager celebrations are nothing new in football, but they are
rarely quite as energetic as this and on the odd occasions that they are they are not usually
performed by managers who are pushing 70. But Dimitri Davidovic, the 67-year-old Belgian coach of
Saudi side Al-Ittihad, showed off his gymnastic [.
The Los Angeles Galaxy took a step towards reinforcing the depth of its lineup ahead of the
stretch run of the MLS season on Wednesday, as the team announced it had signed Swedish midfielder
Christian Wilhelmsson.
The 32-year old Wilhelmsson has played in numerous countries since his career began in 1997,
starting out with Swedish club Mjallby, where he played there until 2000 and scored 11 goals in 51
appearences.
The first 4 games of next season were announced today.
We will get the new kids from Montreal in game 1, Dallas hosting NYC for the NBC Sports Network
debut broadcast, Chivas & Houston on a Sunday Galavision game, and Portland hosting Monday Night
Futbol.
After what we've seen at this year's Africa Cup of Nations it's perhaps a little foolish to talk
in terms of more shocks. Why should we continue to be shocked when our predictions are continually
thrown back in our faces time after time?
Sudan became the latest side to upset the African apple cart when they qualified for the quarter
finals last night.
With this piece by new contributor Matthew Pentz, TSG kicks off it's African soccer
coverage.
The Forgotten Footie Continent
The African Champions League exists mostly, if not completely, on the periphery of the soccer
world. The tournament blends a strong history, passionate fans, and an up-and-coming class of young
players, however, and its semifinalists each have a bit of the underdog in them.
Wydad Casablanca, African champions back in 1992, were fearful of wasting home advantage as
their game against Nigerian champions Enyimba FC looked to be heading to a goalless stalemate.
With just one matchday to play in the group stage of the CAF African Champions League only
Nigerian champions Enyimba FC have secured a place in the semi-finals. Five teams kept alive their
ambitions of progression into the final four of this year's competition and thus ensure an
interesting finish to this stage of the tournament next weekend.
The semi-final places have yet to be decided in the CAF Champions League and the CAF
Confederation Cup and with four of the six matchdays completed it seems likely that the next round
of games will be the most important played in this year's competitions so far.
Group A could've seen Nigerians Enyimba FC (4 games, 8 points) seal their place in the last four
at the weekend but they were held to a goalless draw away at bottom club Raja Casablanca who gained
only their second point of the campaign.
Despite the lack of winners and losers in the opening round of matches in the CAF Champions
League group stages this weekend there was still plenty to shout about. The CAF Confederation Cup,
Africa's second-tier competition, almost followed suit with two of this weekend's four matches
ending in a stalemate.
Mazembe won the last two titles. Who will take their title this year?
With much political and civil unrest disrupting a great deal of the 2011 CAF Champions League it
is an achievement in itself that the group stages will be played as originally scheduled. Many
games were either postponed, re-scheduled or teams disqualified from the tournament for various
reasons in what has been a difficult tournament to organize.
Kicking and passing with the 'outside of the foot' is a very elegant and advanced skill that is
mastered by only small number of players. I will cover in this series some of these
players.
This year the Saudi league started with a storming media and legal debate of the Cameroonian player
at Al-Hilal Achille Emana, did he give a finger or he didn't?
Since there is an international break in club action this weekend, we are going to take advantage
of the break to bring the next entry in our series of Annual Club Rankings.
For the second time in three years, Juventus headed the top of the Annual Rankings despite
finishing as runner-up in the European Champions Cup.
Mais um jogo da CHAN 2011, foi disputado no dia 13/02/2011, na cidade de Hilal-SUD, no Al Hilal
Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções da Ãfrica do Sul (47º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do
Zimbábue (113º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram: Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2002Johannesburg 05/05/2001 RSA2:1 (2:0)ZIM Second stage2002Harare 09/07/2000 ZIM0:2 (0:1)RSA
Second stage Eliminatórias Continentais
1994Johannesburg 24/04/1993 RSA1:1 (1:0)ZIM Preliminary round1994Harare 16/08/1992 ZIM4:1 (0:0)RSA
Preliminary round
O árbitro do jogo, foi: Jamal Hamoudi-ALG
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Maroto Norman, aos 2 minutos do primeiro tempo, para o Zimbábue.
