Ooredoo Cup: Al-Sadd lose to Al-Ahli

Al-Sadd fell to a 4-3 defeat to Al-Ahli in the Ooredoo Cup Group B – Round 3 clash which was played at the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium on Saturday.

The result means that Al-Sadd remain with a tally of 3 points after 3 games, following a win over Al-Shahania and a defeat to Al-Wakrah previously.

Mustafa Meshaal opened the scoring for Al-Sadd early on, converting Abdulaziz Al-Ansari’s cross in the 5th minute. The Wolves then went 2-0 up (11′), when Rami Suhail netted after lobbing the ball over the keeper and slotting home from close range.

Al-Ahli then came back strongly through goals from Abel Hernandez (13′, 38′) and Mohammad Diame (20′) to turn the result around.

In the second half, Barro Sidiki scored Al-Ahli’s fourth goal (88′) and put the game beyond Al-Sadd’s reach. Substitute Saoud Al-Nasr pulled a goal back for Al-Sadd in stoppage time (90+3′) but it was not enough.

MATCH DETAILS:

Al-Sadd x Al-Ahli (Ooredoo Cup Group A – Round 3)

VENUE:

Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium

LINEUPS:

Al-Sadd: Yousuf Abdulla, Ali Asad, Abdulaziz Al-Ansari, Hussain Bahzad, Talal Ibrahim, Mustafa Meshaal (Ayyoob Mashhoor), Abdulrahman Rashid (Khaled Al-Yazidi), Yasir Abubakar, Talal Abdullah Bahzad (Fahad Khalifa), Faisal Mohammed, Rami Suhail (Saoud Al-Nasr)

Al-Shahania: Ivanildo Rodrigues, Salah Al-Yahri, Mohsin Al-Yazidi, Mohammed Al-Abbasi, Abel Hernandez, Nasser Khalfan (Barro Sidiki), Jassim Omar, Mohammad Diame, Mohammed Raed, Salem Khalifa, Johan Benson

RESULT:

Al-Ahli won 4-3

GOALS:

Mustafa Tarek Meshaal 5′
Rami Suhail 11′
Abel Hernandez 13′ 38′ (P)
Mohammad Diame 20′
Barro Sidiki 88′
Saoud Al-Nasr 90+3′

REFEREES:

Faisal Al-Shammari (main referee)
Faisal Al-Yafei (linesman)
Mohammed Abdulaziz (linesman)
Moahmmed Al-Qahtani (fourth official)