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Inzaghi hails Al Hilal post City upset before Fluminense clash
Gulf Today
|July 03, 2025
Al Hilal SFC head coach Simone Inzaghi hailed his “extraordinary” team after Tuesdays stunning 4-3, extra-time win over Premier League giants Manchester City at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.
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The match finished 2-2 at full-time but at the end of an eventful extra-time Marcos Leonardo grabbed the winner and pulled off one of the greatest wins.
Al Hilal will face Fluminense in Orlando on Friday in the quarter-finals.
"We knew had to do something extraordinary if we were to beat Manchester City and that is what the boys did tonight, the lads were simply wonderful,” said Inzaghi after the shock of the tournament in Orlando.
“We had to be extraordinary because well, Manchester City, we all know that team. So we had to climb Everest without oxygen to win the game and we made it.
“We were great. All the players were exceptional in everything, in the possession phase, non-possession phase,” added the former Inter Milan coach whose previous club were defeated by Fluminense just hours before the kick-off at Camping World Stadium. “It is only right in this moment, this evening, to enjoy this achievement up against the Manchester City of Guardiola. The heart that they put in tonight.....” he said.
This story is from the July 03, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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