Al-Sadd lose to Olot in second friendly

Al-Sadd fell to a 2-1 defeat to Spanish side Olot in the second of their pre-season friendlies on Wednesday.

The Wolves took the lead in the 31st minute through Hashim Ali, before Olot replied with two goals in the 48th and 55th minute. Al-Sadd got a number of opportunities to score in the second half, especially for Akram Afif, but they weren’t able to make use of them.

Al-Sadd began the game with the following line-up: Saad Al-Dosari, Tarek Salman, Jung Woo-young, Hamed Ismail, Abdelkarim Hassan, Gabi, Nam Tae-Hee, Hassan Al-Haydos, Akram Afif, Abdulaziz Al-Ansari, Hashim Ali.

In the second half, head coach Xavi brought on Jehad Mohammed, Bahaa Al-Lethy, Hussain Bahzad, Yasir Abubakar, Ahmed Sayyar, Khaled Al-Yazidi, Hamza Al-Sanhaji and Ali Asad.

This was the second friendly of Al-Sadd’s pre-season, after a 1-1 draw with Palamos in the first game.