Our first teamoffootball returned to victories in the Expo Stars League through Al Shamal after winning by two goals to one in the match played today at 7 pm in Al Bayt Stadium to reach 13 points in the 4th position.
Despite the obvious superiority of Al Duhial in the first half, nevertheless it ended in a goalless draw after the referee ruled out two goals from Coutinho and Al Moez for offside.
In the second half, the team continued pressing in order to score, but the defense line of Al Shamal kept the danger away more than once until Youssef Ayman released the deadlock in the 63rd minute from a header.
In the 76th minute, Al Moez secured the lead with the second goal. In the 87th minute the referee granted Al Shamal a penalty kick after checking the VAR, however it was saved by Salah Zakaraia. The referee granted another penalty to Al Shamal in the 90th minute to score their only goal.
Match Card:
Date & Time: Saturday 28 Oct 2023 – 7 pm
Venue: Al Bayt Stadium
Ocassion: Expo Stars League
Teams: Al Duhail – Al Shamal
First Half Result: 0 – 0
Match Result: 2 – 1 (Al Duhail)
Goals: YoussefAyman (63rd minute), Al Moez Ali (76th minute, Ricardo (90th minute – Al Shamal)
Yellow Cards: Suhaib Gannan, Salah Zakaria
Red Cards: None
Starting 11: Salah Zakaria, Kim Moon Huan (Ibrahim Qader), Youssef Ayman, Mohamed Moussa, Asim Madibo, Kareem Boudiaf, Sultan Al Brake, Ismail Mohamed (Isaaq Al Hajj), Philip Coutinho (Suhaib Gannan), Al Moez Ali, Michael Olunga (Mohamed Muntari).
Substitutes: Mohamed Said, Shehab Al Laithi, Mohamed Al Naimi, Abdulaziz Mohamed, Abdulrahman Mohamed, Khaled Mohamed, Fares Said, Isaaq Al Hajj, Suhaib Gannan, Lotfi Majer, Mohamed Muntari.
