of the goal giving Al-Hilal a 1–0 lead four minutes after half time. Al-Ittihad franticly tried to equalise with an abundance of shots but Mohamed Al-deayea goalkeeping heroics the whole match denied them the goal they so desperately needed, and even more so after Al-Qahtani's goal. The referee finally blew the whistle and Al-Hilal were crowned the league champions in Jeddah, and under whose management of Cosmin Olăroiu was coupled with the Crown Prince Cup finishing the season with a double. The league is commonly known and remembered with the nickname (Arabic: شعره ياسر) which roughly translates to "Yasser's hair" due to the winning goal being scored with a header that skimmed the ball with Yasser's hair veering the ball towards the goal. What made the occasion even more special is that the same outcome happened the previous season but the teams were in the opposite situation. Before the beginning of the 2009–10 season Eric Gerets was hired as the new Al-Hilal manager. Under his management Al-Hilal tactically adopted a very attacking style, combining an already talented local group of players with star foreign players such as the versatile South Korean right back Lee Young-pyo, the powerful and dominant defensive midfielder Mirel Rădoi, the speedy Swedish winger Christian Wilhelmsson and the technically gifted Brazilian attacking midfielder Thiago Neves. This blend of local and foreign talent guided by a tactically astute manager dominated the league and were crowned champions with three games to spare, a crown prince cup was also won in the same season. In the following 2010–11 season Al-Hilal continued to dominate domestically and continentally until their semi-final exit from the 2010 ACL, shortly following their exit Eric Gerets left to become the new head coach of the Morocco national football team. After Gerets's departure Gabriel Calderon took over as head coach of Al-Hilal and finished the updated 14 team league as undefeated champion with 19 wins and 7 draws, becoming the second team to achieve this feat after Al-Ettifaq. The season finished as a double due to the Crown Prince Cup being retained Struggle at the continental stage (2012–2019) After their back-to-back league titles and generally consistent success in the domestic front, Al-Hilal always seemed to come up short in their continental pursuit since their last triumph in the 1999-2000 campaign. Adding to an already aging local core and departing key players, Al-Hilal was in a transition period