{"id":1923,"date":"2026-02-11T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:53:08","slug":"en-nesyri-opens-al-ittihad-account-with-fortunate-early-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/en-nesyri-opens-al-ittihad-account-with-fortunate-early-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"En-Nesyri opens Al-Ittihad account with fortunate early strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Youssef En-Nesyri scored his first goal for Al-Ittihad in just his second appearance on Tuesday, giving the Saudi side an early lead against Al-Gharafa in the AFC Champions League Elite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Moroccan striker found the net inside three minutes, although the visiting goalkeeper would feel he should have kept the effort out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting a low cut-back from the right, En-Nesyri finished first time from near the penalty spot. His shot lacked power and was directed straight at N&#8217;Diaye, who got a hand to it, but the ball still slipped through and rolled over the line to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forward completed his move to Al-Ittihad after a complicated transfer from Fenerbahce, which FIFA eventually approved following administrative delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He arrives as the club&#8217;s new attacking reference after Karim Benzema&#8217;s departure, with expectations high given his scoring record across Spain and Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En-Nesyri built his reputation in La Liga with Sevilla before continuing his progress in Istanbul, where he scored 38 goals in 79 matches. Now in Saudi Arabia, the 28-year-old wastes little time in making his mark, even if his first strike comes with a touch of fortune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youssef En-Nesyri scored his first goal for Al-Ittihad  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1925,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions\/1925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}