Al-Sadd draw with Palamos in first pre-season friendly

Al-Sadd kicked off their series of pre-season friendlies on Sunday, drawing 1-1 with Palamos in the match played at Olot, Spain as part of the ongoing overseas camp.

The Wolves began Xavi Hernandez’ first game as coach with the following lineup: Saad Al-Dosari, Tarek Salman, Jung Woo-young, Khaled Al-Yazidi, Ahmed Sayyar, Yasir Abubakar, Gabi, Hashim Ali, Abdulaziz Al-Ansari, Akram Afif, Hamza Al-Sanhaji.

Later, Xavi made changes, bringing on Meshaal Barsham, Bahaa Ellethy, Hamed Ismail, Abdelkarim Hassan, Ali Asad, Salem Al-Hajri, Hassan Al-Haydos, Nam Tae-hee.

Palamos took the lead in the 75th minute, only for Nam Tae-hee to equalise ten minutes later to mark his debut.