Al Duhail first football team achieved a great victory over their host Al Shamal team with a score of 6-2 in the match that was held at Al Khor Stadium as part of Round 9 fixtures of the Ooredoo Stars League.
Al Duhail Head Coach Christophe Galtier decided to start with the following lineup of players:
(1) Salah Zakaria – (3) Lucas Verissimo – (5) Bassam Al Rawi – (7) Ismail Mohamed – (10) Luis Alberto – (11) Al Moez Ali – (12) Karim Boudiaf – (14) Michael Olunga – (19) Benjamin Bourigeaud – (22) Ibrahim Kader – (24) Humam Al Amin.
While sitting on the bench at the start of the match:
(30) Bautista Burke – (96) Amir Katool – (4) Mohamed Ayash – (8) Paulo Edmilson – (18) Sultan Al Brake – (20) Abdulsalam Al Ahraq – (23) Ahmed Al Sayed – (25) Mubarak Shanan – (27) Ibrahima Diallo – (29) Rashed Al Abdullah.
The seventh minute witnessed the first of attempts from our players after a powerful shot by Luis Alberto that went just over Al Shamal goal.
The 11th minute, Lucas Verissimo opened the scoring for Al Duhail in the match after he converted Luis Alberto’s cross with a wonderful header into Al Shamal net.
The 18th minute almost witnessed Al Duhail second goal after Benjamin shot with great accuracy and power, but the fingers of Al Shamal goalkeeper and then the post succeeded in keeping the ball away from Al Shamal net.
At the 24th minute, Luis Alberto returned to distribute gifts among his teammates after he gave the team striker Michael Olunga a magical pass to find himself facing Al Shamal goal, shooting a powerful ball with his left foot that settled in the far bottom left corner of Al Shamal goal, announcing the second goal for Al Duhail.
Al Shamal player Mohammed Musa was responsible for adding the third goal for Al Duhail by mistake in the 28th minute after a cross sent by Humam Al Amin from the left side.
At the 37th minute, Al Shamal player Younes Belhinda managed to score Al Shamal first goal, making the score 3-1 for Al Duhail.
Al Moez Ali concluded the first half with a fourth goal for Al Duhail in the fourth minute of stoppage time from the penalty mark.
In the 51st minute, Al Shamal goalkeeper succeeded in keeping Luis Alberto’s powerful shot away from his goal, but Al Shamal goalkeeper was unable to stop the second attempt in the same minute, as Bourigeaud’s shot reached Al Shamal net after an unsuccessful attempt by Al Shamal goalkeeper to keep the ball away from his goal.
Minute 56: Ismail Mohamed almost added his name to the goal scorers list in the match, but his powerful shot went just over the crossbar of Al Shamal goal.
Then Benjamin Bourigeaud returned in the 58th minute to shoot a powerful shot that went just over the crossbar of Al Shamal goal, wasting a new goal opportunity for Al Duhail.
Minute 65: Benjamin Bourigeaud continued his attempts to reach Al Shamal goal, but Al Shamal goalkeeper successfully blocked his shot to protect his net from a new goal for Al Duhail.
Our team captain Al Moez Ali was close to scoring his second goal in the match and the team sixth in the 67th minute, but Al Shamal goalkeeper returned to shine and successfully blocked the ball.
Minute 73: Al Shamal reduced the difference with a goal scored by their Algerian player Baghdad Boundjah, bringing the score to five goals to two for Al Duhail.
Minute 78: Michael Olunga gave a magical pass to his teammate Al Moez Ali, who had no difficulty in adding the sixth goal for our team and the second to his tally in the match.
Our player Sultan Al Brake almost added the seventh goal for Al Duhail after his shot hit Al Shamal defenders and fell to the feet of Al Moez Ali, who failed to convert it into the net, wasting a sure goal opportunity for Al Duhail.
The last minute of stoppage time estimated at 6 minutes almost witnessed a new goal for our team after Sultan Al Brake’s cross went through and was converted by Al Shamal defenders into a corner kick, so the referee Abdulrahman Al Marri blew his whistle announcing Al Duhail victory in their seventh match this season after 9 rounds of the competition.
The victory raised Al-Duhail score to 22 points, moving away at the top and widening the gap again to 4 points with its closest competitor, Al Sadd in second place.
Goal Summary:
- Minute 11 (Lucas Verissimo)
- Minute 23 (Michael Olunga)
- Minute 28 (Mohamed Mousa “own goal”)
- Minute 45+5 (Al Moez Ali “penalty kick”)
- Minute 51 (Luis Alberto)
- Minute 77 (Al Moez Ali)
Substitution Summary:
- Minute 71 (Ibrahima Diallo “in” – Karim Boudiaf “out”)
- Minute 71 (Mohamed Ayash “in” – Bassam Al Rawi “out”)
- Minute 71 (Edmilson Junior “in” – Ismail Mohamed “out”)
- Minute 76 (Sultan Al Brake “in” – Humam Al Amin “out”)
- Minute 84 (Ahmed Al Sayed “in” – Benjamin Bourigeaud “out”)
Card Summary:
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