Video: Thanks to Al-Nusairi…Wissing begins his mission with Al-Ittihad African win

Al-Ittihad’s new coach, German Jens Wissing, began his mission with the Tigers with a victory for the Africans thanks to Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesiri.

Al-Ittihad got the better of Orlando Pires of South Africa 3-2, today, Tuesday, in the first match of the Saudi Arabian national team in the friendly match held in the Spanish city of Marbella in its foreign camp.

Youssef Al-Nusairi opened the scoring early, particularly in the 11th minute when he headed in Abdul Rahman Al-Aboud’s cross.

South Africa responded with an equalizer in the 27th minute after their player Mbata fired a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, but Serbian goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic was unable to deal with it.

Moussa Diaby scored Al-Ittihad’s second goal in the second minute of first-half stoppage time after he struck the ball to the left from the edge of the penalty area.

Al-Ittihad looked the stronger side in the first half after Wissing included most of the key players before making a number of changes in the second half.

Al-Ittihad did not score a third goal until the 85th minute through their Nigerian striker George Elenichna, before the South African side reduced the deficit again before the end of the match.

It is noteworthy that “Al-Ittihad” will hold the next match against Spanish “Las Palmas” on July 25, and will meet with “Real Mallorca” on the 30th of the same month.