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Inzaghi Hails ‘Extraordinary’ Al Hilal After Stunning 4-3 Win Over Man City in Club World Cup

By Dele Fashomi 2 months ago

Al Hilal manager Simone Inzaghi praised his team’s “extraordinary” performance after their thrilling 4-3 victory over Manchester City in the Club World Cup Round of 16 early Tuesday morning.

Bernardo Silva gave City an early lead, but Al Hilal fought back with Marcos Leonardo’s equalizer before Malcom put them ahead in the 52nd minute. Erling Haaland leveled for Pep Guardiola’s side, forcing extra time, where Kalidou Koulibaly’s header restored Al Hilal’s lead.

Phil Foden struck again to make it 3-3, but Leonardo’s late winner sealed a historic win for the Saudi Arabian side.

Inzaghi lauded his players, saying, “We knew we had to do something extraordinary to beat Manchester City, and the boys delivered. The lads were simply wonderful—climbing Everest without oxygen. They were exceptional in every phase of the game.”

Al Hilal will now face Fluminense in the quarter-finals after the Brazilian side’s 2-0 win over Inter Milan.

About The Author

Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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