Iraq’s Al-Shorta, Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal teams make it to King Salman Cup semi-finals

RIYADH: The Iraqi Al-Shorta  and the Saudi Al Hilal teams qualified for the semi-finals of the King Salman Cup for Arab Clubs 2023, in the start of the quarter-finals of the tournament, on Saturday evening.

Al-Shorta beat Qatar's Al-Sadd 4-2 in Abha, while Al-Hilal beat the Saudi Al-Ittihad team 3-1 in Taif.

In the first match, Aso Rostom scored (two goals), Amir Sabah and Ahmed Farhan scored one goal each for Al-Shorta, while Akram Afif scored the double for Al-Sadd.

In the second match, Al-Hilal's goals were scored by Sergey Savic, Salem Al-Dosari and Malcolm Philip, while Al-Ittihad's goal was scored by Romario da Silva.

Al-Shorta team is waiting for the winner of the match between Moroccan Raja team and the Saudi Al-Nassr team, while Al Hilal team will play against the winner of the Saudi Al-Shabab and the Emirati Al-Wehda in the last day of the quarter-final competitions.

The quarter-finals of the King Salman Cup for Clubs 2023 will be completed with two matches on Sunday, when Raja will meet Al-Nassr, and Al-Shabab will face Al-Wahda.