This time I am interested in seeing Al Ittihad's movements with their new coach, Marcelo Gallardo, who has handled Al Ittihad in 6 matches in all competitions. the result, not so bad. Of the 6 matches with his squad, 4 matches were won, one was a draw and one was lost. At least, Marcelo Gallardo is showing good progress. Apart from that, the Argentinian coach uses an offensive playing pattern, and I think Benzema really likes the system implemented by the coach who replaced Nino Santo, who previously managed Al Ittihad.
In the Club Wold Cup match, Al Ittihad defeated the opposing team, namely Auckland City. In fact, I don't know for sure whether their opponents are a strong team or not. However, one of the New Zealand League clubs is ranked 2nd. What is certain is that Al Hilal won the match smoothly. Plus, Bemzema returned to play with high performance and also contributed 1 goal in this match.
Well, this week Al Ittihad should have a meeting with Al Nassr. However, this match was postponed, because Al Ittihad will play an away match against Al Ahly, a club from Egypt. I want to see how far Marcelo Gallardo is able to take his team in a better direction. Moreover, in this match Al Ittihad was superior. But actually, I was more interested when Al Ittihad played a match in the Saudi Pro League, especially the match against Al Nassr.
Nothing is over for Al Ittihad yet and they can still have a good performance with their new coach and the chance Al Ittihad's coach to try to prove himself in the next games is very much, especially when we know Al Ittihad is also playing in the AFC Chmpaniuos league however I think Al Ittihad was lucky to stay in this tournament but still Al Ittihad is far from top teams in the Saudi League like Al Nassr and Al Hial which means they should wait to see if these two teams will lose points in the next games or not.