Al Ittihad are the new champions of Saudi Arabia, after Thursday mathematically affirmative by beating Al Raed 3-1 on MatchDay 32.
Al Ittihad went to the worst possible start at King Abdullah Sports City then already Raed, who had already been banned, the score opened through Oumar Gonzalez in the ninth minute.
Still in the first half, it was all the game. In the 21st minute, Abdulrahman already helped Aboud Steven Bergwijn to bring the score to 1-1, before Danilo Pereira from Portugal, assisted by Spaniard Unai Hernandez, turned the game in the 40th minute.
Exactly at the point, in the 47th minute, Aboud reached the score at 3-1, where all the doubts about the early parties of Al Itihad were removed.
With this victory, Altihad achieved 77 points, nine more than Hilal, who still have to play this round, making the Saudi-Arab title with two rounds to go, because they have the advantage in the head-to-head with the team coached by Jorge Jesus.
Al ittihad are Saudi Championsflash score
Al Ittihad recovered under Laurent Blanc after a frustrating fifth place in 2023/24, 42 points behind champions already Hilal. The Jeddah team benefited from the fall of their rivals, took the lead on competition day 19 and never let it go.
Even without playing in the title-clinching game, Karim Benzema is the striking performer of the campaign, with 21 goals and nine assists in 28 games. He is the second top scorer in the competition, just behind Cristiano Ronaldo (23). This is the first title of the Frenchman for Al Itihad, who signed him in June 2023.