Kalidou Koulibalydefender of Al-Hilal, gave an interview to the microphones of SportMediaset after the 1-1 draw against Al-Nassr, speaking about the moment he is experiencing in Saudi Arabia: “I’m very well, we’re happy here, we’re all happy. Football is moving forward, we saw with Mr. Pioli, it’s very happy to be here because football is growing.”
Do you still follow Serie A? As you may have seen, Napoli is flying.
“I’m very happy to see Napoli first, I hope to see them in December at the stadium when the Saudi championship is on break. I can’t wait to go there, I miss everyone and I hope they will win the championship.”
Do you want to return to Serie A?
“No, no, I’m fine here. I think my time in Serie A is over, I did enough with Napoli, they gave me a lot and out of respect I don’t want to return.”
Al-Hilal is at the top of the table with a point ahead of Al-Ittihad and survived the direct clash with Al-Nassr unscathed: the final score was 1-1, goals from Talisca and Milinkovic Savic.
The updated ranking
Al Hilal 25 points
Al Ittihad 24
Al Nassr 19
Al Shabab 18
Al Riyadh 14
Al Qadisyah 13*
Al Khaleej 13
Al Ahli 11
Al Taawon 11*
Al Raed 11
Al Ettifaq 11*
Al Orubah 10
Al Okhdood 8
Damac 8
Al Kholood 6*
Al Feiha 6*
Al Wehda 6
Al Fateh 4*
* one game less