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Al Ittihad which is currently defending champions and also competing into AFC Champions League were in poor form, but this break brings good fortune for them with now things are improved, and their players are doing good in last few days they won few matches which give them good confidence because now they are having 4 wins and 1 draw from their last 5 games which is impressive.
But, now in upcoming week things are going to be challenging again because in their next five games they are going to face Al Hilal three times which is surely not easy and with the loses they can go down again because now we are heading for the last rounds of this season, and they needed to be at their best, but these matches are surely going to be not easy with two matches will be held at Al Hilal home and third one will be at their own home so they need to be on better level for the good results and having better momentum until end of this season which they lost and now having 5th spot in league table.
Al Ittihad will be tested to the limit of their abilities when they meet Al Hilal three times in five matches in two different competitions. Benzema and his colleagues are required to use all their best potential to achieve victory, even though their current chances are considered lower than Al Hilal. It cannot be denied that Al Ittihad experienced a downturn this season, Benzema failed to maintain the team performance even though he was brought in at a high price. The ups and downs in their performance made Al Ittihad fail to defend the SPL trophy, Al Hilal is the favorite team this season and they have not experienced a single defeat in 20 weeks.
It is very likely that Al Ittihad will also be eliminated in the Asian Champions League (AFC), because Al Hilal is also highly favored in the semifinals. Al Ittihad fate this season has been very bad, it could be said that their investment in buying top European players failed because they were unable to win any trophies. On Al Hilal side, they were also unable to utilize Neymar services for the full season, due to the Brazilian star long injury. Al Ittihad will face Al Wahda, and Al Hilal will face Al Ettifaq, I think these matches can be a reference to see their strengths before facing each other next week.