Trezeguet Injury Shocks Al-Riyadh Fans Ahead of Al-Ahli Clash
Trezeguet injury shock sparks anger among Al-Riyadh fans before Al-Ahli clash
Mahmoud Hassan "Trezeguet" needed only a few weeks in Saudi Arabia to become central to Al-Riyadh’s plans – and to the hopes of their supporters. So when the team sheet dropped ahead of the trip to Al-Ahli in the Roshn League, the silence around his name was deafening.
- No Trezeguet in the XI.
- No Trezeguet on the bench.
- No explanation.
Within minutes, the club’s official post on X was swamped. Supporters piled into the replies, demanding to know why their Egyptian winger had vanished from the squad on the day of one of their toughest fixtures of the season so far. Confusion quickly hardened into anger, sharpened by the lack of clarity from the club.
Only 24 hours earlier, everything had looked routine. On Thursday, Al-Riyadh’s media team had shared images from the final training session before the Al-Ahli game at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium. Trezeguet appeared in those pictures, involved in the session, a key face in the build-up. No hint of a problem. No warning sign.
So when his name was missing from both the starting line-up and the substitutes, fans feared the worst and heard nothing.
The answer finally came from the stadium itself. Reporting from Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, the correspondent for Thmanyah, the Saudi league’s broadcaster, confirmed that Trezeguet’s absence was due to injury. No details, no timeline, just the blunt reality: Al-Riyadh would have to face Al-Ahli without their high-profile summer signing.
It was a jarring twist in a story that had begun with such optimism. Trezeguet joined Al-Riyadh in the current summer transfer window from Egyptian giants Al-Ahly, after only a single season back at his boyhood club. His arrival in the Roshn League had been framed as a statement, a move designed to add end product, experience, and a touch of star quality to a side fighting to establish itself in a rapidly strengthening competition.
Instead, on a night when Al-Riyadh needed every weapon available, their marquee winger watched from the stands, his status reduced to a talking point rather than a threat on the pitch.
For the club, the concern is obvious: how long will he be out, and what does that mean for a season still in its early but already demanding stages? For the fans, another question bites harder – why did they have to learn the truth from a broadcaster at the stadium rather than from their own club?
