Al-Sadd lose 4-2 to Al-Duhail in QNB Stars League

Al-Sadd fell to a 4-2 defeat to Al-Duhail in the QNB Stars League Round 9 game that was played on Friday. The result means that Al-Sadd drop to third place in the league table with 21 points from 7 wins and 2 defeats.

Almoez Ali opened the scoring for Al-Duhail in the 7th minute, after he took advantage of Ali Asad’s misplaced pass to Yasser Abubakar in the box and netted past Saad Al-Dosari.

Al-Sadd replied soon enough and Algerian striker Baghdad Bounedjah continued his scoring streak with the equaliser in the 12th minute. Hassan Al-Haydos sent in a cross from the right and the Al-Duhail defence failed to deal with it properly, giving Bounedjah the opportunity to convert from close range.

Not long after that, Al-Duhail regained the lead through Youssef El Arabi who socred off a pass from Youssef Msakni to make the score 2-1.

Al-Sadd tried hard to equalise once again but their efforts were dealt a blow when Bounedjah had to leave the field with an injury in the 42nd minute. He was replaced by midfielder Salem Al-Hajri, making way for Al-Haydos and Jugurtha Hamroun to play up front.

In the second half, Al-Sadd continued to look for a second goal but it was proving difficult to get. Instead, it was Al-Duhail who mangaed to score, with Bassam Hisham getting on the scoresheet in the 72nd minute. The youngster sent a powerful shot at goal from outside the box and it went in to give Al-Duhail a 3-1 lead.

Substitute Hassan Ahmed then gave Al-Sadd some hope with a goal in the 80th minute. After Hamroun got into the box, a scramble for the ball ensued; Hassan then managed to prod it home to reduce the deficit for the Wolves.

However, Al-Duhail went on to extend the scoreline with another goal at the end of normal time. After a defensive mistake from Al-Sadd, Nam Tae-hee controlled the ball and finished calmly to score what was to be the final goal of the game, as Al-Duhail registered a 4-2 win.

MATCH DETAILS

Al-Sadd x Al-Duhail

Venue:

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Lineups:

Al-Sadd: Saad Al-Dosari, Morteza Pouraliganji, Ahmed Sohail, Musab Kheder, Yasser Abubakar (Fahad Shanin), Xavi, Ali Asad (Hassan Ahmed), Khoukhi Boualem, Jugurtha Hamroun, Baghdad Bounedjah (Salem Al-Hajri), Hassan Al-Haydos

Al-Duhail: Khalifa Abubakar, Mohammed Moussa, Lucas Mendes, Ismail Mohammed, Luis Mairton, Youssef El Arabi, Nam Tae-hee (Murad Naji), Bassam Hisham (Abdullah Al-Ahrak), Almoez Ali, Ali Hassan, Youssef Msakni

Result:

Al-Duhail won 4-2

Goals:

Almoez Ali 7′

Baghdad Bounedjah 12′

Yousef El Arabi 20′

Bassam Hisham 72′

Hassan Ahmed 80′

Nam Tae-hee 89′

Bookings:

Baghdad Bounedjah 16′

Bassam Hisham 36′

Youssef El Arabi 50′

Salem Al-Hajri 57′

Jugurtha Hamroun 82′

Almoez Ali 87′

Referees:

Istvan Vad (Main referee)

Istvan Albert (Linesman)

Peter Berettyan (Linesman)

Mohammed Abdulaziz (Fourth official)

Khamees Al-Marri (Additional)

Nayef Al-Qadri (Additional)