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Al Hilal, from Saudi Arabia, sent English giants to Manchester City crashed from the club World Cup, winning a 4-3 shock victory in addition to the greatest upheaval of the tournament so far.
The match ended 2-2 full-time on Monday, but at the end of an eventful extension, Marcos Leonardo caught the winner and won one of the biggest victories in the history of Middle East football.
The Saudi club is now coming in the quarterfinals, where they will face Fluminense from the Brazilian club, ensuring that a non -European team will reach the last four.
Man City had taken the lead in the ninth minute controversially, Bernardo Silva finishing after the Rayan Ait-Nouri cross.
The players of Al Hilal protested that Ais-Nouri had checked with his arm in the accumulation, but the goal was held.
Man City has had many opportunities to extend their advance before the break, but a combination of bad finishes and goalkeeper inspired by the Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou kept the head of a single goal.
Al Hilal offered several reminders of their threat on the break, but Man City was even more likely, with Jeremy Doku dressed directly in Bounou, who reacted a few moments later to prevent an effort from Bernardo.
The question of whether Man City would live to regret not converting these chances was answered in a minute after the recovery.
Low cross from the former rear of the lateral rear Joao Cancelo was ready by Ederson. Malcolm jumped but saw his shot blocked by Ruben Dias, only for the ball to start Marcos Leonardo to go home the equalizer.
Six minutes later, and the high defensive line of City was exposed by a long Ballon de Cancelo, on which Brazilian Malcolm ran, showing the power and the rhythm while it separated before dragging Ederson coldly.
Saudi fans of the crowd were unleashed while the municipal director Pep Guardiola responded immediately with a triple substitution, midfielder Rodri and defenders Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji presented.
This brought an essential stability to a fragile back line, but City also needed an improvement to the other end, and it came, although in overwhelmed circumstances.
The defense of Al Hilal could not face a corner of Bernardo and Haaland jumped to bring the loose ball back and make it 2-2.
City stacked the pressure when they were looking for the winner, but again, Bounou proved their enemy refusing Akanji and Ruben Dias, and even when he was beaten by Haaland, replacing it Ali Lajami produced a magnificent authorization for a goal line.
Guardiola took off Haaland and introduced the Egyptian striker Omar Marmoush while the game spent additional time.
But for the depth of the whole city, Al Hilal had a deep spirit on which to rely. Only four minutes after the opening period, Al Hilal resumed the advance when Kalidou Koulibaly got up superbly to meet a Ruben Neves corner with a brilliantly inclined head.
City responded with a real quality lens when the brilliant launching ball from Rayan Cherki to the rear post was masterfully pressed the house by Phil Foden, full -up and the tightest angles.
But incredibly, Al Hilal responded again to restore their advance: the head of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was saved by Ederson, but Marcos Leonardo followed to group the ball on the line.
While the famous fans of Al Hilal poured out of the stadium, the Brazilian striker also let his emotions pour out.
“I have had trouble in the past two months. My mother has spent 70 days at the USI,” he said.
“Today, she is fine, thank God. When I scored these two goals, I thought of her. She was able to watch the match. ”
The city skipper, Bernardo Silva, said that his team had paid the price for being able to face the counterattack of Al Hilal.
“We scored three and could have scored five, six. It was a question of controlling when we lost the ball, controlling the transitions, did not let them run, and they have run too often,” he said.
“With one, two passes, there was always a feeling of danger of them. When we allow the teams to run like that, we always suffer a lot, and today was the case,” he said.
