Al Hilal, the team whose son is Marcelo Gallardo, achieved the world record for consecutive victories

Al Hilal has entered the great history of world football. This Friday they won 3-1 against Al Riyadh in the Saudi Professional League and reached the final 27 consecutive victories in official tournaments (16 for the championship, 8 for the Asian Champions and 3 for the King’s Cup in Saudi Arabia).

In this way, the team led by the Portuguese Jorge Jesús equaled the record of the Welsh The New Saints FC and next Tuesday, in the rematch of the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League against A Ittihad by Marcelo Gallardo (they won 2-0 in the first leg) they will be able to win.

The Welsh institution had managed to enter the Guinness Book of Records and history in the 2016/17 season, when they won 27 matches in a row in their national championship. Before Saints FC, the one who had the record of consecutive victories was the Ajax between 1971 and 1972 with 26 consecutive victories. A brand that has lasted for 44 years.

The arrivals of the champions in the most successful club from Saudi Arabia they ensured that the club continued to grow and was unstoppable, despite its biggest star, the Brazilian Neymar Jrhe was only able to play five matches and is currently in the final stage of recovery after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee during a match with the Brazilian team in the qualifiers against Uruguay, in Montevideo.

The team led by Jesús has made a great transfer that reflects the moment they are in, with the signing of Neymar Jr, Yassine Bounou, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Aleksandar Mitrovic; Malcolm, Rubén Neves AND Renan Lodi.

This milestone that Al Hilal is about to overcome is part of the Kingdom of Arabia’s economic injection for the “Vision 2030” project, which aims to create the largest sporting events in the world. The records of Al-Za’eem, as the institution is nicknamed, they strengthen the bet of Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and the current leader of the Saudi league is on its way to becoming the only club with the most consecutive victories in football.

Next Tuesday, when they face Al Ittihad, it will not be a different day for this club, since if they manage to beat those led by Gallardo (they had already beaten them in the league 3-1, on March 1st; and in the first leg, 2 -0, last Tuesday), Al Hilal can enter the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League and enter the sports history books.