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Asian Champions League: Rampant Odion Ighalo Powers Saudi's Al-Hilal to Second Straight Final

Chinedum Ohanusi

February, 27 2023.

Striker Odion Jude Ighalo was the star of the night, as he scored a quadruple of goals to send his Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia side into the finals of the Asian Champions League, with an emphatic and one-sided 7-0 humiliation of Qatari side, Al Duhail.


The 33-year-old Super Eagles striker returned to the starting XI after sitting out the quarterfinal win over Foolad Khuzestan and needed just 2 minutes to put his side ahead, with a headed goal to make it 1-0.


The former Manchester United forward then grabbed his brace eight minutes later when he rounded off the goalkeeper for 2-0 before Moussa Marega put the game to bed four minutes later.


Moussa Marega then grabbed his own brace on 27 minutes to make it 4-0 before Salem Al-Dawsari added a fifth just before the break, to pile up the misery to the Qatari side.


Just like he did in the first period, Ighalo grabbed his hat-trick 3 minutes after the restart as he dinked the ball past the goalkeeper for Al-Hilal's sixth goal.


As if he was not satisfied, Ighalo took his personal tally to four goals, just after the hour mark, by exchanging passes with the impressive Abdullah Al-Hamddan before firing past the hapless goalkeeper for 7-0.


Al-Hilal are the defending champions of the Asian champions league, meaning the holders are through to yet another final.

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