Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia started its matches in the AFC Champions League with a comfortable victory over Agmk of Uzbekistan with a score of 3-0
This evening at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, in the first round of the third group from the west of the continent
Haroun Kamara opened Al-Ittihad's goals in the 15th minute, and Brazilian Romarinho added the second and third goals in the 15th and 42nd minutes
Al-Ittihad topped its group on goal difference over Iran's Sepahan
Al-Ittihad started pressing from the first minutes, and Haroun Kamara was able to score the first goal after a pass from Moroccan Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah, and he shot it inside the area with the first goal in the 11th minute
Four minutes later, Kamara penetrated the penalty area and shot a ball that hit the Agmk defender and returned to the Brazilian Romarinho, who shot it powerfully to the right of the goalkeeper as a second goal in the 15th minute
Al-Ittihad missed a great opportunity to score after Hamdallah went one-on-one with the Agmk goalkeeper, but preferred to pass it to Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti, who tried to pull the goalkeeper from Butirali, but the latter pounced on the ball and caught it
Hamdallah succeeded in getting a penalty kick after the referee returned to the video technology after defender Enzo hit the Moroccan’s knee
Romarinho scored the third goal in the 42nd minute from the penalty spot
Coach Nuno Santo suffered a severe blow due to Hamdallah’s injury, so he was removed and Saleh Al-Omari entered as his replacement
In the second half, Al-Ittihad entered to change its playing style and tended to calm down and absorb the enthusiasm of the Uzbek team. The visitors tried to threaten Al-Mayouf’s goal through two shots from striker Martin, but they did not pose a threat to Al-Ittihad’s goal
Romarinho almost scored the hat-trick, but he was late in handling the solitary ball
The Al-Ittihad coach made several changes to revitalize his team, bringing in the Brazilian Felipe Sultan Al-Farhan, Farha Al-Shamrani, Marwan Al-Sahafi, and the course of the match until it ended with a clean triple