And two! Fifteen days after being crowned Champion of Saudi Arabia, Al-Ittihad won the National Cup on Friday evening. Laurent Blanc's men took the best on al-Qadsiah in the final (3-1), at King Abdullah Sport City in Djeddah.
A success marked by the new XXL performance by Karim Benzema. The Ballon d'Or 2022 overflowed the scoring on a service by Steven Bergwijn (34e). The ex-madrilene then sealed the victory of his family at the very end of the game after a nice number of his compatriot Moussa Diaby (90e+4).
Meanwhile, the former Lyonnais Houssem Aouar had allowed his team to make the station wagon (43e). But Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had relaunched the suspense on a penalty just before the break (45e+6).
White elected best coach of Saudi Arabia
Al-Ittihad thus concluded its season in apotheosis with this national cup, the 10e of its history, synonymous with double. For his part, Laurent Blanc, appointed to the tiger bench last summer, completely succeeded in his bet. His team won 31 matches out of the 39 disputed during this exercise 2024-2025.
As a reminder, the former coach of Bordeaux, PSG and OL was elected best coach of the Saudi championship. For his part, Karim Benzema was crowned best Saudi Pro League player.
