Al-Ittihad were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Arab Champions Cup on Saturday. the French saw his penalty pushed back by the post.
The days go by and are not alike for Karim Benzema in Saudi Arabia. After an excellent start, the French striker of Al-Ittihad experienced the taste of defeat with his teammates, in the quarter-finals of the Arab Cup of Champions Clubs.
On Saturday evening, the Saudi team lost to Al-Hilal, another club in the Saudi Arabian championship (3-1). Malcom, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Salem Al-Dawsari had found the net before Karim Benzema missed his attempt to reduce the score (3-1, in the 79th minute) from the penalty spot. The ball from the former Madrid player was pushed back by the left post.
No final between Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo
Benzema was playing his fourth game with his new colors and for the first time this season, so he didn’t shake the net. A failure which deprives the ex-international of reunion with Cristiano Ronaldo since the Portuguese, him, remains in contention in the competition with Al-Nassr (who will face the Moroccan club Raja Casablanca this Sunday at 5:00 p.m.).
