Saudi club Al-Ahli were dealt a shock blow by one of their own young talents during the mini-clasico against Al-Shabab in the Roshn League.<\/p>\n
Al-Ahli travelled to Al-Shabab on Friday at the SHG Arena in the Saudi capital Riyadh for the twelfth round of the Roshn League.<\/p>\n
Just 66 seconds in, Brazilian striker Ricardo Mathias opened the scoring for Al-Shabab. He pounced on a mistake by Al-Ahli defender Rayan Hamed, robbed him of the ball and slotted it past Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian refused to celebrate, though. The goal had come against his parent club Al-Ahli, the side he joined on loan from Al-Shabab last summer.<\/p>\n
It was Mathias’s third goal for Al-Shabab this season, all in just his fifth appearance, and he added an assist on top.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old had joined Al-Ahli from Brazil’s Internacional last winter, but he managed only six first-team appearances without finding the net.<\/p>\n
According to Opta, the strike was the fifth fastest in Al-Shabab’s Saudi Pro League history, dating back to the 2011-2012 season.<\/p>\n
For “the Lions”, it was their quickest in the Roshn League since Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo netted against Al-Hilal after 62 seconds in September 2021.<\/p>\n
Mathias was far from finished. He then forced the sending off of Al-Ahli goalkeeper Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi in the 22nd minute.<\/p>\n
Breaking through from the middle of the pitch, Mathias bore down on Al-Sanbi’s goal and drew the Al-Ahli keeper off his line.<\/p>\n
The striker fired straight at goal, and Al-Sanbi tried to stop it with his hand despite being outside the penalty area. The referee brandished the red card in his face.<\/p>\n
The Dutch coach had no choice but to bring on young goalkeeper Abdullah Abduh, sacrificing defender Rayan Hamed, the man who had gifted Mathias the opener.<\/p>\n
With his first touch, Abduh conceded Al-Ahli’s second, Belgian winger Yannick Carrasco burying the free-kick awarded after Al-Sanbi’s fatal error.<\/p>\n
Still Mathias dazzled. He won a penalty that Colombian striker Roger Martinez tucked away for Al-Shabab’s third in the 37th minute.<\/p>\n
Three minutes into the second half, in the 48th, Mathias grabbed his second and Al-Shabab’s fourth, heading home a cross.<\/p>\n
Just as he had after the first, the Brazilian declined to celebrate in front of Al-Ahli, the club he is playing for on loan from Al-Shabab until the end of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saudi club Al-Ahli were dealt a shock blow by one of their own young talents during the mini-clasico…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[179995,298035,155221,85,46,35787,298034,24484,105],"class_list":["post-662057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-al-ahli","tag-al-shabab-vs-al-ahli","tag-al-shabab","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-match","tag-r-mathias","tag-saudi-pro-league","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}