[Sport] Marcelo Gallardo celebrated for the first time at the head of Al Ittihad: the two great goals that gave him the victory in the Asian Champions League

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After the debut with a 1-1 draw against Al Ettifaq in the Saudi Pro League, Marcelo Gallardo celebrated his first victory at the helm of Al Ittihad: it was 2-1 against OKMK of Uzbekistan, thanks to two great goals from Abderrazak Hamdallah. Martin Boakye scored for his rival ten minutes from time, but he did not manage to change the development of the match.

With the victory, the current champion of Saudi Arabia leads Group C of the Asian Champions League with 12 points, followed by Sepahan FC (Iran) and Al Quwa Al Jawiya (Iraq), both with 7 points. OKMK is at the bottom of the table, unable to add points. The path of the Tigres in this stage of the competition will culminate on Monday, December 4 in Itán against Sepahan.

The two goals were aesthetically very attractive: the first came after a long ball from Fabinho (Karim Benzema and Luis Felipe were the other stars who acted as starters): Hamdallah won with his body and took a strong shot that passed between the goalkeeper's legs .

Then, Al Ittihad expanded the score in a quick four-touch transition that led to a center back and the definition of the aforementioned forward, 32 years old, originally from Morocco.

 

 

Who played in the last World Cup in Qatar won by Argentina.

“We have only a few days of work, we have only been here a week, there is a fairly short squad, we have many injured. We are making a diagnosis of what we have to play the number of games we have in this time and hope to manage the loads of the players to play all the competitions,” Gallardo analyzed before the lawsuit that brought a smile to his face and he lived with intensity. In fact, the first time he got up from the bench it was due to a defensive error that put him on guard.

On Thursday, Al Ittihad's first home match will arrive with the former River on the bench: it will be against Al Khaleej, at 3:00 p.m., for matchday 15 of the Saudi league.

Despite the few days he has been in charge of the squad, the players seem to be beginning to generate good chemistry with the coach. This was perceived on the flight to Uzbekistan: the moment the coach entered the main cabin, the members of the group started chanting his last name.

The Doll's reaction was to let out a shy smile and laugh at the moment alongside the new one directed at him. Then, already on the grass, they gave him another smile, accompanied by three points.

 

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