Al-Sadd overcomes Mesaimeer in QatarGas League opener

Al-Sadd overcomes Mesaimeer in QatarGas League opener
20 Sep 2015
​Al-Sadd Reserves defeated Mesaimeer Reserves 3-2 in their 2015/16 QatarGas League opener which was played on Sunday night at the Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium in Al-Wakrah.

Mesaimeer opened the scoring in the 9th minute through Majid Khalfan before Khalfan Ibrahim equalised for Al-Sadd in the 38th minute with a strike from outside the penalty box. The first half thus ended 1-1.

In the second half, Al-Sadd quickly scored their second goal through Nasser Ibrahim in the 48th minute. 10 minutes later, Nasser Khalfan got his second of the night for Mesaimeer and levelled the scores. Al-Sadd regained the lead in the 78th minute from a Hamza al-Sanhaji penalty, which was given after Nasser Ibrahim was brought down in the box. It was the final goal of the match and the 3-2 win gave Al-Sadd Reserves their first three points.

Al-Sadd began the match with the following XI: Muhannad Naim, Ibrahim Majid, Abdulrahman Nasser, Omar Yahya, Abdulla al-Meseiki, Jaser Yahya, Ayoob Mashhoor, Nasser Ibrahim, Khalfan Ibrahim, Hamza al-Sanhaji, Saleh Bader.

Hamad Mansour, Meshaal al-Shammari and Alaadeen Younis came on in the second half.