Chelsea first team coach Zsolt Low has praised the Al Hilal attack ahead of Wednesday's FIFA Club World Cup semi-final against the four-time AFC Champions League winners.
The Hungarian football tactician was on media duties today in Abu Dhabi, standing in for manager Thomas Tuchel who has not traveled with the squad to United Arab Emirates after testing positive for Covid-19.
Low talked about Al Hilal's two African forwards - Nigeria's Odion Ighalo and Mali's Moussa Marega - during the presser.
The Chelsea coach knows Ighalo from his time in the Premier League with Watford and Manchester United while Marega started both legs of last season's UEFA Champions League quarterfinal against the Blues.
The two Africans were on target as Al Hilal came from behind to thrash Al Jazira 6-1 in the second round of the Club World Cup on Sunday, helping the Saudi Arabian side record the biggest victory in the tournament's history.
"We know Al Hilal, it's a team from Saudi Arabia and have won the Asia Cup a lot of times.This is a very good team, we know a lot of players also from Al Hilal," Low told reporters.
"We know for example Marega from Porto, we played against Porto two times in the Champions League and he played against us.
"We know also Ighalo, he played also in England with Watford. They have very good quality up front, they can score a lot of goals."
"We know for example Marega from Porto, we played against Porto two times in the Champions League and he played against us.
"We know also Ighalo, he played also in England with Watford. They have very good quality up front, they can score a lot of goals."
Ighalo has made six career appearances against Chelsea, and managed
one win in those outings, drawing two and losing the others.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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