Julian Quinones is maintaining a level of play that is making it difficult for Mexican National Team coach Javier Aguirre to leave him off the roster World Cup hopeful, Quinones scored in his sixth consecutive match, putting him just one goal behind Cristiano Ronaldo. Quinones proved he is one of the players eligible for the Mexican national team who maintains a high level of performance, scoring a brace in Al-Qadisiya's 2-1 victory over Al Ittihad, where Karim Benzema plays. The former Atlas and America striker scored his goals in the 37th and 59th minutes, demonstrating that he remains a strong contender for a spot on Mexico's final roster for the 2026 World Cup, to be held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. For his first goal, Quinones received the ball in midfield, passed it out to the left wing, and immediately entered the penalty area. There, in the 37th minute, he received a low cross and finished first-time to level the score for Al-Qadisiya.

Then Julian scored his team's second goal for the partial victory when Mohammed Aboulshamat made a great individual play and, after a through ball, left Julian alone to make it 2-1 for his team.

Julian Quinones currently has 15 goals, placing him one behind Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, who leads the competition with 16 goals, where the Mexican has achieved this number of goals in 17 matches.

The victory was the reward for the effort of the Al-Qadisiya players, who had difficult moments in the first few minutes, especially after Al Ittihad, Karim Benzema's team, opened the scoring thanks to a goal from the French Ballon d'Or winner in the 29th minute.

Karim Benzema's goal came from a penalty kick when he beat Koen Casteels, who guessed the direction of the shot,But it wasn't enough to stop that shot, which was the only goal for "The Tigers". But after Quinones's goal, Al-Qadisiya reacted to tie the game in the 37th minute and then reaffirmed their great form with a second goal to turn the score around and ultimately give them a 2-1 victory.