The third consecutive victory for Sérgio Conceição's Al Ittihad in the Saudi League featured an important contribution from Portuguese under-21 international Roger Fernandes, who scored the first goal of the match in the 12th round of the competition, which ended in a 3-1 victory for the Jeddah team. At NEOM's home ground, the Saudi champion took the lead in the 14th minute with a header from the ex-Sp. Braga, following a good cross from Bergwijn. Al Ittihad, who had Danilo Pereira in defense, seemed to have the situation under control, until Said Benrahma, perfectly executing a frontal free-kick still far from the goal defended by Predrag Rajkovic, restored equality in the 27th minute. The goal changed the profile of the match, with NEOM starting to create more problems for Al Ittihad's defensive sector, an example of which was Benrahma's dangerous shot in the 38th minute, which sent the ball very close to the opponent's goal post. After this scare, the Saudi champion raised their level in the second half, which they dominated until they took the lead again. In the 56th minute, Portuguese Luís Maximiano, NEOM's goalkeeper, shone against Karim Benzema, stopping the French international's point-blank shot with a great save. Shortly afterwards, however, there was nothing he could do to stop Bergwijn from making it 2-1. Trying to avoid defeat, NEOM saw Fabinho and Rajkovic deny Nathan Zeze an equalizer in the 90+3 minute. In response, Ahmed closed the game with 3-1, scored in the 90+7 minute following a disastrous goal clearance by Maximiano. Al Ittihad, which continues without losing away from home in the Saudi League, moves up to fifth place in the league table, now with 20 points. Behind was NEOM, which maintains the 17 with which it entered the journey. The round is completed with the Al Kholood-Al Hilal and Al Shabab-Al Qadsiah games, which kick off at 5:30 pm this Wednesday.