Al Duhail overcomes Umm Salal and takes the lead in the Qatar Stars League…

Al Duhail first football team managed to achieve an exciting victory over Umm Salal with two goals to one in the matches of Round 14 of the Ooredoo Stars League, which was held at Grand Hamad Stadium.

Al Duhail started the match with the following starting lineup:
(1) Salah Zakaria “Goalkeeper”, (2) Youssef Ayman, (3) Lucas Verissimo, (5) Bassam Al Rawi, (7) Ismail Mohamed, (8) Edmilson Junior, (10) Luis Alberto, (11) Al Moez Ali, (12) Karim Boudiaf, (19) Benjamin Bourigeaud, (24) Humam Al Amin.

While the substitutes at the start of the match were:
(30) Bautista Burki “Goalkeeper”, (38) Jassim Babakar “Goalkeeper”, (20) Abdullah Al Ahraq, (23) Ahmed Al Sayed, (25) Mubarak Shanan, (28) Mohamed Al Majed, (29) Rashid Al Abdullah, (77) Ghanem Al Minhali, (93) Hakim Ziyech.

The 11th minute witnessed the most dangerous opportunities for Al Duhail on the Umm Salal goal after Humam Al Amin converted a skillful cross from the left, which passed everyone to find Al Moez Ali facing the empty goal, who shot the ball strongly towards the goal, but the crossbar prevented him from scoring the first goal for Al-Duhail in the match.

In the 35th minute, a ball reached Al Duhail player Edmilson Junior, who dribbled past Umm Salal defences and then made a dangerous shot towards Umm Salal goal, which went slightly wide of the post.

The 36th minute witnessed the first goal of the match by Osama Tannane for Umm Salal.

Al Duhail did not wait long after Ismail Mohamed, Al Duhail player, succeeded in the 39th minute in catching up with the equalizer for the team with a wonderful cross pass from Humam Al Amin, which he easily placed inside Umm Salal net.

In the 42nd minute, Ismail Mohamed returned to pose a threat to Umm Salal goal after he received the ball on the edge of Umm Salal penalty area, from which he shot it directly towards the goal, but his shot went slightly wide of the right post of the Umm Salal goal.

The 50th minute witnessed a wonderful scissor kick from Al Moez Ali after he set up Humam Al Amin’s cross with his chest, then turned and shot it towards Umm Salal goal, but it settled safely in the arms of Umm Salal goalkeeper.

Then Al Moez Ali returned in the 51st minute with a dangerous opportunity to add the second goal for the team after he made a strong header that surpassed the goalkeeper, but Umm Salal defenders cleared it from the goal line completely before it reached the net.

In the 61st minute, a free kick was taken by Benjamin Bourigeaud, which went slightly above Umm Salal goal crossbar, followed directly by another opportunity from Humam Al Amin, specifically in the 63rd minute, who was alone with Umm Salal goal, and made a powerful shot that Umm Salal goalkeeper dealt with successfully to keep it away from his goal.

The 84th minute witnessed a strong shot from Al Moez Ali, but Umm Salal goalkeeper continued his brilliance and kept it away from his team net successfully to maintain the positive draw result.

The 89th minute witnessed the good news for Al Duhail fans after substitute Abdullah Al Ahraq was able to score the second goal for the team after he took advantage of a rebound from Umm Salal defenses to prepare it in front of him inside the penalty area, from which he shot it strongly into Umm Salal net.

The second minute of stoppage time witnessed the first shot of Hakim Ziyech in his first participation with Al Duhail, but Umm Salal goalkeeper stopped it, causing it to fall from his hand and reach Abdullah Al Ahraq, who shot it, but Umm Salal goalkeeper stopped it again, wasting an opportunity to secure the result and add the third goal.

The three minutes given as stoppage time did not witness anything new at the level of the result, so the match referee Abdulhadi Al Ruwaili blew his whistle, announcing Al Duhail victory with three valuable points over Umm Salal.

With this victory, AlDuhail tops the league alone with 32 points, 4 points ahead of the runners-up trio of AlSadd, AlGharafa, and Al Ahli.
Summary of goals:

  • Minute 39 (Ismail Mohamed)
  • Minute 89 (Abdullah Al Ahraq)
    Summary of substitutions:
  • Minute 71 (Ahmed Al Sayed “in” – Karim Boudiaf “out”)
  • Minute 80 (Hakim Ziyech “in” – Bassam Al Rawi “exit”)
  • Minute 80 (Abdullah Al-Ahraq “entry” – Luis Alberto “out”)
  • Minute 93 (Mubarak Shanan “in” – Edmilson Junior “out”)
    Summary of cards:
    No cards