Fiesing drops two foreign players from Al-Ittihad squad for Al-Ettifaq clash

Al-Ittihad coach Jens Fiesing has dropped two foreign players from the squad traveling to face Al-Ettifaq in the Saudi Roshn League.

• Fiesing excluded Senegalese Dion Loby and Serbian Karlo Simich from the squad that traveled to Dammam on Monday.
• The eight selected foreigners are Predrag Rajković, Danilo Pereira, Houssem Aouar, Steven Bergwijn, Georginio Wijnaldum, Youssef En-Nesyri, George Ilenikhena and Richard Ríos.
• Midfielder Ahmed Al-Ghamdi returned to the squad after recovering from a calf muscle injury.
• Al-Ittihad lost 2-3 to Al-Hilal and 1-2 to Shabab Al-Ahli, dropping to fourth in the league with 17 points.