Trezeguet Injury Shocks Al-Riyadh Fans Before Al-Ahli Match

Al-Riyadh walked into Jeddah on Friday carrying more than just the pressure of facing Al-Ahli in the Roshn League. They arrived with a storm brewing among their own fans.

The spark? Mahmoud Hassan "Trezeguet".

Hours before kick-off at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium, Al-Riyadh’s official account on X released the starting XI and substitutes for the fifth-round fixture. One name was missing. No Trezeguet in the line-up. No Trezeguet on the bench. No explanation.

The reaction was instant.

Supporters flooded the comments, demanding answers and questioning how their marquee summer signing could simply vanish from the squad list. Anger mixed with confusion. The club said nothing.

The silence felt even stranger given what had happened the previous day. On Thursday, Al-Riyadh had posted photos from the team’s final training session before the trip to face Al-Ahli. Trezeguet appeared in the images, involved in the session and looking, at least on the surface, ready to go.

So when his name disappeared 24 hours later, suspicion and frustration took over.

The picture only cleared once the broadcasters stepped in. Reporting from Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium, the correspondent for “Thmanyah”, which holds the rights to show the Saudi league, confirmed that Trezeguet had been ruled out through injury.

No further details were given, but the key question had been answered: this was not a tactical snub, it was a physical setback.

Trezeguet only joined Al-Riyadh in the current summer transfer window, arriving from Egypt’s Al-Ahly after just one season there. He was signed to change games, to give Al-Riyadh a cutting edge in nights exactly like this one.

Instead, as the team prepared to face one of the league’s heavyweights, their star winger was reduced to a talking point on social media and a name on the injury list.