Al Duhail First Football Team lost 2-0 to host Al Sadd in Round 16 of the Ooredoo Stars League, which was held at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Al Sadd Club.
Al Duhail, led by Christophe Galtier, preferred to start with a formation of the following players:
(1) Salah Zakaria “goalkeeper”, (3) Lucas Verissimo, (5) Bassam Al Rawi, (8) Paulo Edmilson, (10) Luis Alberto, (11) Al Moez Ali, (12) Karim Boudiaf, (14) Michael Olunga, (19) Benjamin Bourigeaud, (22) Ibrahim Bamba, (24) Humam Al Amin.
While the players sat on the bench at the beginning of the match as follows:
(30) Bautista Burque “Goalkeeper”, (38) Jassim Surour “Goalkeeper”, (2) Youssef Ayman, (7) Ismail Mohamed, (20) Abdullah Al Ahrak, (23) Ahmed Al Sayed, (25) Mubarak Shanan, (29) Rashid Al Abdullah, (77) Ghanem Al Menhali, (93) Hakim Ziyech.
The 11th minute witnessed Al Duhail first attempts on Al Sadd goal with a shot from striker Michael Olunga, followed by a powerful header from Lucas Verissimo in the 15th minute, which Al Sadd goalkeeper successfully blocked.
Minute 25 saw a shot from midfielder Edmilson Junior that went wide of Al Sadd left post, followed by a perfect shot from Benjamin Bourigeaud that was brilliantly saved by Al Sadd goalkeeper to send it to the corner in minute 28.
In minute 40, Michael Olunga reappeared in front of Al Sadd goal after he headed a wonderful cross from Humam Al Amin, which was saved by Al Sadd goalkeeper to maintain the result at the start of the match.
In minute 52, referee Salman Falahi showed a red card to Al Duhail player Ibrahim Bamba.
In minute 57, Michael Olunga’s shot went wide behind Al Sadd defense, who in turn received the ball and headed towards Al Sadd goal to shoot a shot that went wide, and Al Duhail first goal opportunity was lost.
In minute 70, Al Sadd first goal was scored by Mostafa Tariq Meshaal.
In the first minute of stoppage time in the second half, Ahmed Al Sayed almost equalized for Al Duhail, but his header went just over the bar, wasting the chance to equalize.
In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Al Sadd added their second goal through Rafa Mujica, ending the match with a 2-0 win for Al Sadd.
Despite today’s loss, Al Duhail still maintains the lead in the Ooredoo Stars League standings with 35 points, ahead of Al Sadd and Al Gharafa, both are in second place with 34 points.
Substitutions record:
– Minute 58 (Luis Alberto “out” – Youssef Ayman “in”)
– Minute 67 (Edmilson “out” – Abdullah Al Ahrak “in”)
– Minute 68 (Karim Boudiaf “out” – Ahmed Al Sayed “in”)
– Minute 68 (Michael Olunga “out” – Hakim Ziyech “in”)
– Minute 81 (Bassam Al Rawi “out” – Ismail Mohamed “in”)
Cards record:
– Minute 52 (Ibrahim Bamba – red card)
– Minute 97 (Al Moez Ali – yellow card)
