JEDDAH: Al-Hilal football team beat Al-Ahli 3-2 on Thursday in the King Cup of Champions Final, watched by King Salman, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Naif and other top officials at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah.
With the victory, Riyadh-based Al-Hilal collected its 56th trophy, 8th King’s Cup and second championship this season. It had earlier been crowned champion in the Saudi Premier League 2017.
Al-Hilal, coached by Ramon Diaz, scored first in the 28th minute through Syrian attacker Omar Kharbin. Al-Ahli’s Motaz Hawsawi equalized the score in the 44th minute. Al-Hilal’s Mohammad Jahfali then scored in the 77th minute, followed by a third goal by Brazilian midfielder Carlos Eduardo in the 90th minute. Al-Ahli’s Syrian striker Omar Al-Souma scored a penalty kick in the 94th minute.
King Salman later awarded the champion’s trophy to the jubilant Al-Hilal players.
Al-Hilal wins King’s Cup
Al-Hilal wins King’s Cup
Messi bags 899th goal as Miami down DC United
- The Argentine superstar’s 80th goal for Miami takes his career tally to 899, leaving him just one away from reaching the 900-goal milestone
WASHINGTON, United States: Lionel Messi moved to the brink of another goalscoring milestone as Inter Miami bagged their second win of the Major League Soccer season with a 2-1 victory over DC United on Saturday.
Messi, who scored twice in Miami’s Florida derby win over Orlando last week, bagged his third goal of the season with a deft chipped finish in the 27th minute at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.
The Argentine superstar’s 80th goal for Miami takes his career tally to 899, leaving him just one away from reaching the 900-goal milestone.
The eight-time Ballon D’Or winner, who turns 39 in June, scored 672 goals for Barcelona earlier in his career and 32 at Paris Saint-Germain, with a further 115 international goals for Argentina.
Saturday’s win moved the reigning MLS champions up the Eastern Conference standings into third place with six points from three games.
Miami, who on Thursday were guests of President Donald Trump at a White House reception, took the lead in the 17th minute with a superb curling shot from the edge of the area by Messi’s Argentina team-mate Rodrigo De Paul.
Messi then doubled Miami’s lead 10 minutes later, latching on to a sublime through ball from Mateo Silvetti and dinking a first-time finish over the advancing DC United goalkeeper Sean Johnson.
United rallied after half-time, and were given hope when Israeli forward Tai Baribo pulled a goal back in the 75th minute.
Miami though were able to hold off United in the closing stages to seal victory.
