Al Shamal scored an exciting 3-2 win over Al Markhiya in Round 4, Group B of the 2022-2023 season Ooredoo Cup at the Al Ersal 2 Stadium on Saturday.

This was Al Shamal’s first win of the tournament and came through with goals from Abdulrahman Rashid (36th & 57th minutes) and Mohsin Al Yazidi (90th minute).

For Al Markhiya, Mohammad Al Hassan (60th minute penalty) and Driss Fettouhi (90+4 minute) were the goal scorers.

Al Duhail, Al Arabi, Al Gharafa and Al Rayyan are the other teams in Group B.

Group A consists of Al Sadd, Al Wakrah, Umm Salal, Al Ahli, Qatar SC and Al Sailiya.

With both Al Shamal and Al Markhiya eager for a victory, the match produced a lot of thrills with five goals being scored. Two of them came in the dying minutes of the match.

Al Shamal went into the break with a 1-0 lead after Abdulrahman Rashid put them ahead with the first of his two goals.

He added to the lead soon on return in the second half, but Al Markhiya rallied and were rewarded with a penalty minutes later. Mohammad Al Hassan made no mistake from the spot to make it 1-2 on the hour mark.

The next 30-odd minutes saw a fierce contest, with both teams trying hard to make a raid. Just at the end of regulation time, Al Yazedi found Al Shamal’s third goal.

With not much time left to play, Al Markhiya still did their best to challenge their rivals and Fettouhi succeeded in scoring to make it 2-3. The final whistle, however, ended their hopes of securing a draw.

The valuable win saw Al Shamal’s points tally increase to four. Al Markhiya remained on one point.