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Umm Salal defeated Al Wakrah 5-3 in Round 4, Group A of the 2022-2023 season Ooredoo Cup at the Qatar University 4 Stadium on Friday.

Umm Salal made a rocking start and led 3-1 at half-time and although Al Wakrah rallied to match their rivals, Umm Salal prevailed.

The scorers for Umm Salal were Driss Saddiki (12th minute), Abdullah Khafifi (16th minute), Sardor Rashidov (42nd & 57th minutes) and Abdullah Khalid (90+3 minute).

For Al Wakrah, Abdelghani Muneer (19th minute penalty), Mohammed Khalid (51st & 65th minutes) did the scoring.

Al Sailiya, Qatar SC, Al Sadd and Al Ahli are the other teams in Group A.

Group B consists of Al Duhail, Al Markhiya, Al Arabi, Al Shamal, Al Gharafa and Al Rayyan.

The win was Umm Salal's fourth consecutive and saw them retain the top place in the group with 12 points, while Al Wakrah remained on three points after suffering their third loss.

Umm Salal thus progressed to the knockout semifinals ahead of the fifth and final round.

There was excitement in the match right from the start, with Saddiki opening the account for Umm Salal.

Khafifi then added to Umm Salal’s early lead, making it 2-0.

Within minutes, Al Wakrah pulled one back through a penalty taken by Muneer.

Here on, the two sides battled hard to keep possession before Umm Salal’s Uzbek winger Rashidov swung into action to make it 3-1 in his team’s favour before the break.

Al Wakrah rallied in the second half, with Mohamad Khalid scoring their second goal. But Rashidov returned for Umm Salal to add one more to their own tally (4-2).

Delivering again for Al Wakrah, Mohamad scored his second and his team’s third goal (3-4).

This led to a fierce contest, with both teams pushing hard for more.

In the end, it was Abdullah Khalid’s goal in the added time which ended Al Wakrah’s slim hopes of snatching a draw.

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Published on: 07/10/2022

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