Winning over City is a joy for Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia and the public

The Italian Simone Enzagi gave the victory of its epic Saudi-Saudi team over Manchester City (4-3) after the extension, after a tie (2-2) in the original time (at dawn on Tuesday Emirates time) to the players and the technical staff, saying: “I did not accomplish this alone.”

Al-Hilal, who surprised Real Madrid with a draw with (1-1) in the first round of the group stage, and qualified for a summer after drawing with the Austrian Salzburg, and defeating the Mexican Pachuca, City, the leader of the seventh group of the final price.

The Saudi team hit a date with the Brazilian Fluminness on July 4 at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando.

The Brazilians were registered with the Brazilians Marcus Leonardo (46 and 112), Malcolm (52), Senegalese Calido Coulibaly (94), City of Portuguese Bernardo Silva (9), Norwegian Erling Halland (55) and alternative Phil Voden (104).

Inzaghi, who started his work with Al -Hilal on June 4, congratulated his team on this wonderful performance, and said: “They have walked well, we defeated a very strong team, they deserve this victory, they fought against every ball until the last breath, it is the joy of the crescent, Saudi Arabia and the public.”

The Italian expressed his satisfaction with what his players presented throughout the exhausting match, saying: “We have been working for weeks and they are committed and I as a coach I feel satisfied with their performance.”

He continued: «I did not accomplish this alone, a staff accompanying me for 10 years, helped me prepare the team at the tactical and physical levels. My team deserves a lot of praise and thanks.”

Inzaghi won his first victory over his Spanish counterpart Pep Guardiola in the third confrontation between them, after he lost in front of him once, and tied in another match.

“Guardiola is the best coach in the world, but we have presented our best, and we deserve this result.”

He added: “After the end of the match, we were celebrating, Guardiola came and shook hands with me and congratulated me on the victory, we respect each other, and of course, the compliment always made me happy.” Al -Hilal entered the match in the absence of a number of players, headed by Commander Salem Al -Dossary because of the injuries, and his players seemed exhausted against the City.

He said about the next confrontation with Fluminness: “We will try to restore our energy and strength during the next three days. We hope that the players will accompany us to the quarter -finals at their best.”

And he added, “After the fourth match in 14 days, we feel tired and exhausted, we have unfortunately lost some players, but we have the desire to play and we see that for all the players, some of them changed their roles and they had to adapt.”

He continued: “We know that there is a strong team we will face, and he presented an excellent performance (in front of Inter), but tonight we have to celebrate, because the victory over Manchester City is not easy.”

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola thanked his team despite leaving the FIFA Football Final for the Football Final, noting that it was “time to rest” after a long season.

City appeared on his way to an expected qualification for the quarter -finals after his progress through Portuguese Bernardo Silva in the ninth minute, but he was late three times after a great performance of Al Hilal players.

This is the first loss of Guardiola in the World Cup clubs after 11 victories led by City, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona.

He said at the press conference: “It is an unfortunate loss, we were in a very good situation, and I can only thank the technical staff enough for the way they are training and preparations. They have presented everything they have.”

He added: “I have a feeling that the team is going well, but we are now returning to the home, and it is time for rest and the renovation of the mind before returning next season.”

The club players and its technical staff will take a rest before returning to the preparation in preparation for the 2025-2026 season, following a disappointing season in which the team came out without titles.

Guardiola commented on the exhausting match, saying: “At this stage, all the matches are difficult,” and added: “We allowed them to make counterattacks, but in turn we created many opportunities, and in general we were good.”

The Spanish continued: “We made a lot of attempts, but (Moroccan goalkeeper Yassin Bono) tackled it amazingly, there is nothing that can be said more than that.”

Given the upcoming challenges, Guardiola pointed out that there are positive indicators during the four matches that the team fought in this new version of the competition, and said: “I saw many good things that I have not seen like in the past, especially in terms of spirit and relationships between the players and the technical staff.”

He added, “I felt that we were happy here and the training classes were very good, but the level in this competition is very high.”

. Guardiola received the first loss in the World Cup clubs after 11 wins.