ALKHOBAR: Simone Inzaghi’s Al-Hilal made up for their 3-1 defeat to Qatar’s Al-Shamal last week with a comfortable 2-0 win over Shabab Al-Ahli in Riyadh on Tuesday. Although the defeat on Matchday 3 came with a second-string squad, it was still their first league stage loss since the launch of the AFC Champions League Elite, which worried fans eager for their first continental title since 2021. The encounter against Shabab Al-Ahli was the hosts’ first match of this campaign against non-Qatari
