Al-Taawoun Club was defeated by Al-Hilal 6-0 at home in the seventh round of the Saudi Roshan League, which prompted the club’s management to terminate the contract of Serbian coach Zarko Lazic and appoint Jihad Al-Hussein as interim manager.
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Zarko Lazic took over as coach of Al-Taawoun Club last June with a contract extending until June 2027, before he was fired after the crushing defeat against Al-Hilal.
Al-Taawoun Club suffered a heavy blow with its crushing defeat at home against Al-Hilal, with a clean six-point score, in the match that brought them together yesterday evening, Saturday, in the seventh round of the Saudi Professional League “Roshen”.
After the end of the match, Al-Taawoun Club announced the termination of its contract with its Serbian coach, Zarko Lazic, becoming the first victim of a resounding defeat by Al-Hilal.
The official account of Al-Taawoun Club wrote on the “X” platform: “The Board of Directors of Al-Taawoun Club decided to terminate the contractual relationship with the first team coach, Zarko Lazic, and in turn thanked him for his period of work at the club.”
The club management decided to appoint coach Jihad Al-Hussein as temporary technical director until a new coach is hired.
Zarko Lazic, 44 years old, took over as coach of Al-Taawoun Club last June, with a contract extending until June 2027.
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Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli scored a hat-trick for Al-Hilal in a huge victory over Al-Taawoun with a score of 6-0, expressing his happiness with the performance and the three points, while Al-Shabab tied 0-0 with Al-Fayhaa despite controlling the match and wasting opportunities. Al-Shabab coach Thomas Leitch explained that the upcoming stoppage is an opportunity to correct mistakes and develop performance.

Al-Shabab coach Thomas Leach expressed his understanding of Al-Ansar’s dissatisfaction due to the fluctuating results, stressing that the upcoming pause period will be an opportunity to correct mistakes, while Al-Fayhaa coach Fabio Carelli expressed his dissatisfaction with his team’s performance despite coming away with a point, and Al-Khaleej coach Jose Gomez confirmed that his team deserved to win over Al-Nasr but lost two points due to an error, with all coaches talking about exploiting the pause period to improve performance and treat injuries.

Al-Khaleej coach Jose Gomez confirmed that his team deserved to win over Al-Nasr, noting that the draw came due to a passing error and a player injury, while Al-Taawoun Club officially announced the termination of the contract of Serbian coach Zarko Lazetic due to negative results and assigning Jihad Al-Hussein the duties of temporary coach.

Al-Shabab tied with its guest Al-Fayhaa 0-0 in the seventh round of the Saudi Professional League, while Al-Nasr tied with Al-Khaleej 1-1 in Dammam, where Omar Mascarell scored the goal to advance Al-Khaleej and Abdullah Al-Hamdan equalized for Al-Nassr, raising its score to 16 points in third place, while Al-Shabab remained in 14th place with 4 points and Al-Fayhaa in 11th place with 6 points.

Al-Hilal team achieved a major victory over Al-Taawoun with a score of 6-0 in the Saudi Professional League, confirming its readiness to face Al-Gharafa of Qatar in the AFC Elite Champions League, while Al-Nasr tied with Al-Khaleej 1-1 in Dammam after controversy over the equalizer goal scored by Abdullah Al-Hamdan.