When José Miguel González Martín del Campo (Míchel) arrived in October 2023 to Khobar, the city of Al Qadsiah, the current ‘Milagro team’ of the Saudi League, few thought that at this point, and despite being a newly promoted, the club was going to be playing the first positions of the Saudi League. So much that, if he wins this afternoon (20.00 hours) to Ittihad, current leader (seven points above) and Benzema team, no one rules out that Al Qadsiah can fight for the title.
A true ‘miracle’, because, in principle, the objective in this first year of Míchel in the elite was to get into international competition (the first four) and sneak into a ‘Big Four’ Saudi (Hilal, Nassr, Itttihad and Ahli, the four teams ‘dopados’ by the Saudi government) in which now, if one looks at the table, qadsiah is third. and seven below the aforementioned rival today (a party that Marca.com will exclusive to Spain).
The newly promoted combined traced Ronaldo’s initial goal and made the first defeat of the premises in the League
Al Khobar’s entity, on the banks of the Persian Gulf, in front of BARÉIN, renewed Míchel by achieving promotion last summer, and did it again last February until 2027. The work of the Madrid is valued in its results, but also in intangible details such as its adaptation to the cultural circumstances of the country (now, for example, we are in full Ramadan, with changes of schedules and customs; in his treatment of the ‘Saudi product’; in his perfect harmony with the sports direction directed by the Spanish Carlos Antón; or in its close relationship with the costume and property, Aramco, owner of the team and the largest oil in the world (10% of world production).
Nacho and Míchel, in a game of Al Qadsiah.chema king
The ‘Knights of the East’ (their nickname) have money … yes, but not only that. Good players (the Belgian Casteels; Gastón Álvarez, former Getafe; the Argentine Equi Fernández; Uruguayan Nández; former Barça Aubameyang; the Colombian-Mexican Quiñones) … Yes, but not only that. Qadsiah has managed to build a heterogeneous team in which former Dedridist Nacho Fernández is the leader.
Nacho, they tell us in Saudi, is leading the club from the example, work, education and respect, the values of ‘old Real Madrid’. His voice is the most listened to in the locker room and his game, inside the field, he is being excellent, with his winning gene by flag
A team, Al Qadsiah, which is not protected by the PIF (Investment Fund controlled by the Saudi Government), but that dapates the other four large. Khobar’s entity has taken advantage of Aramco’s leadership to have the independence that others do not have, and create a modern club, with an international brand image and with a lot of future to lead the SPL in the coming years.
Míchel and his team of numerous Spanish technicians (Mandía, his son Adrián, Monchi, Silva, Sanz, Ma García, Arco, Astolzi, Antón, Bayón …) now enjoy a well -deserved success as a result of the good work that the Pro Saudi League is putting up legs. Can you imagine that today the leader Ittihad …? You can see it at Marca.com at 8:00 p.m.