Desert Derby, Global Receipt: How Al-Hilal vs Al-Duhail Became a 90-Minute Invoice to the World
Riyadh’s Tuesday evening air carried the usual cocktail of sand, ambition, and mild existential dread—perfect weather, then, for Al-Hilal vs Al-Duhail, the Champions League quarter-final second leg that doubled as a geopolitical micro-drama for anyone still pretending football is “just a game.” The 2-0 score line that sent the Saudi side through may read like…