Al Duhail first football team managed to continue their victories after achieving a deserved victory with two clean goals over Al Wakra in the Round 15 fixture of the Ooredoo Stars League that was held at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Al Duhail Club.
Al Duhail started the match with a the following lineup:
(1) Salah Zakaria “Goalkeeper”, (2) Youssef Ayman, (3) Lucas Verissimo, (8) Paulo Edmilson, (11) Al Moez Ali, (12) Karim Boudiaf, (14) Michael Olunga, (19) Benjamin Bourigeaud, (20) Abdullah Al Ahrak, (22) Ibrahim Qader, (24) Humam Al Amin.
While the players sat on the bench at the beginning of the match as follows:
(30) Bautista Burki “Goalkeeper”, (38) Jassim Babiker “Goalkeeper”, (5) Bassam Al Rawi, (7) Ismail Mohamed, (10) Luis Alberto, (23) Ahmed Al Sayed, (25) Mubarak Shanan, (29) Rashid Al Abdullah, (77) Ghanem Al Menhali, (93) Hakim Ziyech.
Al Duhail entered the match quickly after midfielder Karim Boudiaf managed to reach Al Wakra net with a perfect header that was converted from Al Moez Ali’s shot, giving Al Duhail an early lead with a goal.
The 13th minute witnessed a shot from Al Moez Ali, but Al Wakra goalkeeper succeeded in positively blocking the ball.
The 16th minute, Al Duhail returned to appear again offensively in an attempt to add a second goal after Michael Olunga shot towards Al Wakra goal, but the ball went far.
Minute 41 witnessed an attempt from Edmilson Junior after his shot went wide without reaching Al Wakra goal.
Minute 49 witnessed Al Wakra goalkeeper blocking Abdullah Al Ahrak’s shot.
Minute 51 witnessed a goal scored by Edmilson Junior that the referee ruled out accountable for offside after reviewing the VAR due to Michael Olunga’s offside and his interference with the ball before it reached Edmilson’s foot, thus wasting Al Duhail’s second goal opportunity.
Michael Olunga quickly returned to correct his cause of canceling the second goal after he was able to add the second goal for the Tornado in the 56th minute after he took advantage of Al Moez Ali’s cross to turn and shoot it powerfully towards Al Wakra goal, the goalkeeper was merely observed it inside his team net.
Minute 76 witnessed a shot from Humam Al Amin, followed by Al Moez Ali’s shot in the 83rd minute, but both opportunities passed safely by Al Wakra goal.
The substitute Hakim Ziyech, the new Al Duhail player, appeared in the 89th minute with a shot towards Al Wakra goal that was cleared for a corner, then in the fifth minute of stoppage time, another shot for Al Duhail by Mubarak Shanan.
The ten minutes of stoppage time in the second half did not result in anything new in terms of the result, so Khamis Al Marri, the match referee, blew his whistle announcing Al Duhail victory with two clean goals.
With this victory, the Tornado maintained the 4-point difference over their runners-up, Al Sadd, after raising their score to 35 points, and Al Duhail will face Al Sadd in the next round in the the big clash of Round 16 after the end of the next break period.
Goal Summary:
- Karim Boudiaf (min 2)
- Michael Olunga (min 56)
Card Summary:
- 45th minute (Abdullah Al Ahrak “yellow card”)
- 55th minute (Youssef Ayman “yellow card”)
- 73rd minute (Ismail Mohamed “yellow card”)
Substitution Summary:
- 65th minute (Michael Olunga “out” – Ismail Mohamed “in”)
- 65th minute (Abdullah Al Ahrak “out” – Hakim Ziyech “in”)
- 74th minute (Karim Boudiaf “out” – Ahmed Al Sayed “in”)
- 86th minute (Ibrahim Qader “out” – Bassam Al Rawi “in”)
- 90th minute (Edmilson Junior “out” – Mubarak Shanan “in”)
