Neymar of Al-Hilal reacts from the bench following an damage throughout the AFC Champions League Elite match between Al-Hilal and Esteghlal at Kingdom Enviornment on November 04, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Neymar picked up one other damage on Monday in simply his second recreation since coming back from a 12-month absence as Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal defeated Esteghlal of Iran 3-0 within the AFC Champions League Elite.
The Brazilian has solely not too long ago recovered from a torn ACL and got here off the bench in Riyadh after 58 minutes. Nevertheless, the 32 year-old ahead needed to come off with three minutes remaining, having appeared to tug up after stretching his leg out for the ball within the penalty space.
Neymar has time to get better earlier than his subsequent recreation, nonetheless, as he’s not registered for the workforce’s matches within the Saudi Professional League and the following fixture within the AFC competitors is on Nov. 25.
Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a hat trick for Al-Hilal, the four-time Asian champion which has now received all 4 video games within the group stage.
All three objectives from the Serbian got here from shut vary. He opened the scoring after quarter-hour, added a second simply after the half-hour mark after which accomplished his hat trick with 16 minutes remaining.
Al-Hilal stays prime of the 12-team group, the place the highest eight will advance to the Spherical of 16. It’s above Saudi Arabian rival Al-Ahli on objective distinction after the workforce from Jeddah thrashed Al-Shorta of Iraq 5-1 with former Liverpool ahead Roberto Firmino scoring twice within the first half.
Earlier, Al-Wasl of the United Arab Emirates drew 1-1 with Qatar’s Al-Sadd and the sport between Persepolis of Iran and Al-Gharafa of Qatar resulted in the identical scoreline.
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Printed – November 05, 2024 05:33 am IST
