Nuno Espirito Santo and Jorge Jesus won the Saudi Arabian League.

Portugal’s Espírito Santo’s Al-Ittihad and compatriot Jorge Jesus’ Al-Hilal beat Al-Riyadh (4-0) and Al-Raed (4-0) respectively in the third round of the Saudi Arabian Football Championship this Thursday. .

Thanks to the first goal of the Frenchman Karim Benzema, who made his debut in the championship in the 17th minute, and the “double” of the Moroccan Hamdalla (25 and 45 + 10), Al-Ittihad practically solved the problem in the first half. , with the result approaching the final whistle when Saleh Al-Amri (90+4) scored the fourth goal in the match in Riyadh.

At the same time in Buraida, Serbian Mitrovic beat Portuguese goalkeeper Andre Moreira and scored for the first time in the tournament, playing for Al Hilal, in the 42nd minute after a cross from Portuguese midfielder Ruben Neves, an advantage that would be complemented by two accurate strikes from Salem Al Dausari ( 55 and 69), first with the maximum penalty. Substitute Al Hamdan closed the score with 89.

In the second half Serb Milinkovic Savic received a send-off order in the 76th minute and left Jorge Jesus’ 10-piece team moments before Cameroonian Umar González also followed the same path with the opposing team.

Pedro Emanuel’s Al Khalij team, which released their compatriots Pedro Rebocho, Ivo Rodriguez and Fabio Martins this Thursday, drew 1-1 against Al Ettifaq.

Fabio Martins opened the scoring (29 minutes), and in the second half the Brazilian Vitinho (50 minutes) restored equality.

Finally, Al-Ahli, thanks to a late goal by Kessy (90+6), overtook Al-Ahdud Jorge Mendonza.

With three games played, Al Ittihad remains in the lead with nine points, the result of three triumphs, along with Al Ahli in second, with Al Hilal in last place on the podium with seven. Al-Khalij is in 15th place, he has only one of the same as Al-Ahdud (14th).