Saudi Al Hilal wins the AFC Champions League for the fourth time in its history

The Saudi Al Hilal crowned the AFC Champions League for the fourth time in its history, after beating its South Korean counterpart, Pohang Steelers, with two goals without a response, Tuesday, in a match hosted by the "King Fahd International Stadium" in the capital, Riyadh.

Al Hilal entered its eighth final with high confidence and steadfastness, and was able to score the fastest goal in the history of the competition, when Nasser Al-Dosari snatched a ball in the middle of the opponent's court, then launched with it and shot from the left of the Korean goalkeeper, announcing the progress of the blue team after only 16 seconds.

The early goal confused Pohang's calculations and made him succumb under the pressure of Al-Hilal, who almost added a second goal from a direct free kick by Brazilian Matthew Pereira, but it narrowly missed goalkeeper Lee Jun's goal.

With the passage of the first ten minutes of the match, Pohang regained a little of his balance and threatened Al Hilal's goal with a very dangerous ball in the 11th minute, goalkeeper Abdullah Al Mayouf brilliance in her response.

The minutes of the first half continued, with a great advantage for Al Hilal, whose attacking pattern decreased before the break, but remained the best party through the quick and dangerous moves of Moussa Marega and Gomez.

At the beginning of the second half, Pohang showed some desire to score, but Al Hilal returned to control the game and scored a second goal, signed by Mariga, who took advantage of a decisive pass from Gomez, before confidently confronting the goalkeeper and shooting in the net at the 63rd minute.

After the second goal, Pohang rushed all his lines towards the attack, hoping to remedy the situation, which allowed Al Hilal to create more than one dangerous attempt through the rebounds, which posed a great danger in front of the Korean goal.

The title is the fourth for the "leader" after seasons (1991, 2000, 2019), while he finished runner-up in seasons (1986, 1987, 2014, 2017).