After a long break, Ittihad FC managed to perform better in the last two matches, and Karim Benzema was played from the early minutes of the match but he didn't score a goal, but lucky for Ittihad FC because Abderrazak Hamdallah could be relied on by scoring two goals which brought Ittihad to win against Al-Riyadh, and Hamdallah has scored three goals in his two club matches after this long break.
Ittihad FC no longer has a chance to catch Al-Hilal so it is certain that they will fail to defend their title, but they still have a chance to get the title in another competition, namely the Asian Champions League, but they will have a tough match because they will face Al Hilal in the quarter-finals, Al Hilal is one of the strong teams this season. Ittihad's struggle to qualify for the semifinals is quite tough.
Al-ittihad has indeed won 2 consecutive victories at the beginning of this second half season. And well that is indeed a good development for this club which had slumped at the end of the first half of the season. But unfortunately Al-ittihad is already far behind in points from al-Nassr and Al-hilal in the SPL. So for Al-ittihad maybe they just have to fight harder in the AFC champions league. And fortunately Al-ittihad has managed to qualify from the round of 16 in the AFC Champion League. But well the real problem does arise in the quarter-finals because Al-ittihad must face the strongest opponent there, AL-hilal. And obviously it will be a difficult match for AL-ittihad. But that doesn't mean Al-ittihad doesn't have a chance. It's just that the chances of beating Al-hilal are quite small.