Mohammed Ghanem: The referee wanted to be the man of the match!

Al-Sadd sporting director Mohammed Ghanem Al-Ali praised the performance of his side’s players in the 3-1 win over Al-Sailiya on Friday.

Mohammed Ghanem said that the players were all stars while there was another person who tried to be a star like them – the referee. He said: “The referee focused on our players’ mistakes and wanted to book them from the start of the match. Imagine Al-Sadd were leading 3-0 but had more players booked than the opponent. They only had one player booked and it was in the 85th minute!”