Football often awakens passions that produce the most unusual episodes. So much so that last Thursday, a fan of the Al Ittihad – the club led by Marcelo Gallardo– whipped a player from his team after losing the final of the Saudi Arabia Super Cup against Al Hilal by 4 to 1 in the Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
The attacked player was Abderrazak Hamdallah, Moroccan forward and one of the figures of the squad. Both the public and members of security and the team had to intervene so that the episode does not happen to adults.
The unusual attack with a whip
The unusual event occurred once the meeting was over. He Al Ittihad suffered a tough 4-1 defeat against Al Hilal and could not rise with the Saudi Arabia Super Cup.
Prior to the award, Abderrazak Hamdallahscorer of his team’s only goal, headed towards the stands where he began to have a off-color exchange with a supporter. After the argument, Hamdallah grabbed a bottle and threw the contents into the audience where the fan was.
The latter was what triggered the fan’s response. From his place, the fanatic He took a whip and began to hit repeatedly. to the forward before the astonished gaze of teammates, fans and security forces.
Fortunately, both the public and security members quickly intervened on the scene and no one was hurt. The images were captured by a cell phone and the video quickly went viral on the networks.
The final of the Saudi Arabian Super Cup
Al Ittihad could not find a foothold and finally failed to win the Saudi Arabian Super Cup. The final result was 4-1 in favor of Al-Hilal, the leading team in the Saudi league.
The Al Ittihad project has not yet borne great fruit. The fact is that the team led since 2023 by Marcelo Gallardo is one of the four teams that in a 75 percent Belongs to Saudi Public Investment Fund.
This fund is responsible, among other things, for inject millions of dollars into Saudi sport for international hiring. The objective of the Government of Saudi Arabia is to turn local competition into a focus of global attention and that is why sport emerges as a state policy.
In recent years, Al Ittihad hired great figures in world football, such as Benzema, N’golo Kanté and Fabinho. However, last Thursday he was once again at the gates of glory and the results are still elusive.
Source: Ambito
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