Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia are looking to bounce back against their hosts Al-Ain of the United Arab Emirates, which they lost 4-2 in the first leg. AFC Champions League in football.
Al Ain ended Al Hilal's record 34-match winning streak in various competitions, defeating them in the first leg thanks to a hat-trick from Moroccan Sufyan Rahimi.
At the Kingdom Arena, Al Hilal, leaders of the Saudi league, will be looking to reach a sixth final in the competition that has won the title 4 times, the last of which was in 2021.
Al Hilal are confident of playing on their terms against Al Ain, where they have won five matches and drawn one. They met in the 2014 semi-finals, with Al Hilal winning by three at home and Al Ain responding 2-1 without qualifying.
Al Hilal's injured Serbian top scorer, Aleksandar Mitrovic, is a long-term absentee, alongside Brazilian star Neymar, but Nasser Al-Dosari will return from a recent injury.
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On the other hand, Al Ain is the closest to the final four since 2003, when it won its only and first title in the current competition system, then 2005 and 2016.
Argentina coach Hernán Crespo left his Togolese top scorer Laba Kodjo out of the squad for the first leg, preferring to rely on Moroccan Rahimi in his place at the heart of the attack.
Rahimi lived up to his coach's expectations, scoring a hat-trick, Al-Nasr scored a hat-trick in both quarter-final matches against Saudi Arabia, and took his tally to 11 goals. 7 in the knockout rounds.
Rahimi is aiming to match the record (13 goals) of Brazilians Muriki (Guangzhou Evergrande, China, 2013), Adriano (FC Seoul, South Korea, 2016), and Algerian Baghdad Bounetja (Al Saad, Qatar, 2018) in this tournament. )
Al Ain are currently third in the UAE league, 15 points behind Al Wasl.
Date of match between Al Hilal and Al Ain
The match will be held at 21:00 Makkah time at the Kingdom Arena in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Al Hilal and Al Ain are the channels that broadcast the match
- beIN Sports AFC HD
- Al Kass Qatari Channels (Alkass Nine HD)
- Abu Dhabi Sports Asia 1
- Saudi Sports Company Channels (SSC1 HD)
Al Hilal and Al Ain will referee the match
The match will be officiated by a Kuwaiti referee led by Ahmad Al-Ali, with the assistance of Abdul Hadi Al-Enisi and Ahmad Abbas, with Iraqi Mohammad Sare serving as the fourth referee.
