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Win puts Al-Ittihad on top
By Abdullah Al-Hariri Saudi Gazette
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 20 - 01 - 2009

Ittihad started from where it left off before the break beating Al-Nasr 1-0 in their Saudi Premier League match at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium here on Monday.
Egyptian striker sealed the win for the home side in the second half when he netted from the spot to take Al-Ittihad to the top of the standings on 40 points.
The Saudi League resumed with six matches scheduled for Monday after a month-long break due to the Gulf Cup tournament, where Saudi Arabia finished second behind Oman.
The win helped Al-Ittihad to open up a three-point advantage over Al-Hilal, which faced a setback at home when Al-Watani held it to a goalless draw at home in Riyadh.
Al-Ittihad came to its sixteenth round match with all its international players present. After a goalless first half, Meteb converted the penalty when he hit it to the right of Al-Nasr goalkeeper in the 54th minute.
Despite the few attempts made by Al-Nasr after the goal, Al-Ittihad continued to hold an upper hand in the match but failed to double the lead.
At the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Tabuk's Al-Watani managed to share spoils with Al-Hilal, which is second in the league with 37 points.
Hilal was playing without its international players Yasser Al-Qahtani, Khaled Aziz, Majed Al-Marshadi and Osama Al-Hawsawi as the coach wanted to rest them before the team's crunch game against city rival Al-Nasr next Friday.
In another match, Al-Ittifaq came from behind to beat the third placed Al-Shabab 2-1 at the Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Stadium in Dammam.
Abdo Atif put the visitors ahead after 15 minutes, but Saleh Basher managed to equalize after the break before sealing the win for Ittifaq 10 minutes from time.
In Najran, Al-Ahli netted four goals in the second half to seal a 4-1 victory over Najran.
Al-Ahli's Abdul Rahim Jizawi scored first in the 48th minute before Hassan Al-Raheb scored a brace in less than two minutes.
Al-Hassan Al-Yami reduced the margin for Najran in the 60 minutes while Hassan Al-Absi sealed the big win for Al-Ahli in the 74th minute.
In Qassim, Brazilian Ronald Sina helped lift Al-Raed to a 1-0 win over Al-Hazm at the King Abdullah Stadium.
Al-Wehdah also won 4-0 against Abha thanks to a double from Issa Al-Muhainai and one each from Kamel Fallat and Majed Al


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