Al-Ittihad made sure Thursday of a 10th title of champion of Saudi Arabia after his victory (3-1) against Al-Raed during the 32nd day.
With two games to play, the Karim Benzema club has 77 points, nine ahead of its pursuer, Al-Hilal who plays on Friday, and can no longer be joined in the standings. Al-Hilal remains the most sacred club with 19 national titles.
This coronation with Al-Ittihad is the 34th title of Karim Benzema’s career. It is also the first for Laurent Blanc since his title in Ligue 1 with PSG in 2016.
Thursday, the club based in Jeddah, deprived of the injured French striker, first conceded a goal from the 9th minute by Oumar Gonzalez before scoring thanks to Steven Bergwijn (21st), the former player of the player PSG Danilo Pereira (40e) et Abdulrahmane Al-Oboud (47e).
With also Kanté, Diaby and Aouar
Besides Benzema, France and its Ligue 1 are largely represented in Al-Ittihad. Trained by Laurent Blanc, he has in his ranks N’Golo Kanté, Moussa Diaby, as well as the Algerian Houssem Aouar (former Lyon), the Serbian goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic (Reims) or the Brazilian Fabinho (Monaco).
Two days before the end, the Portuguese superstar of Al-Nassr Cristiano Ronaldo leads the scorer ranking with 23 achievements, followed by Benzema (21), while Diaby is the best passer (14 assists).
