Sadd too strong for Muaither Al Sadd took on Muaither in round four action of the QSL at the Al Sadd stadium on Friday. The thrilling match ended 4-2 in favour of the Wolves who were given a scare by the newly promoted side.
Mohammed Kasola opened the scoring in the ninth minute with a towering header from a pinpoint accurate Xavi freekick to give the Wolves an early lead. Minutes after the first goal Al Sadd doubled their advantage in the eleventh minute thanks to an own goal from Muaither defender Saeed El-Hadj.
Al Sadd’s young defender Hossam Kamal sent in a cross into the box from the right hand side. Hamroun Jugurtha headed the ball towards the goal and it came off the keeper into the path of Al Haj, who miss-controlled the ball and sent it in for an own goal.
In the forty third minute Al Sadd furthered their lead through Baghdad Bounedjah the Algerian international confidentially dispatched a right footed volley which found the back of the net after a cross from Ali Assad from the left hand side.
In the sixty second minute Muaither’s captain, Alain Dioko pulled one back for his team with a fantastic solo goal. The Congolese forward dribbled the ball into the box, lined the shot up with his left foot, cut back to his right and then put the ball into the net, to give the Stallions a lifeline.
Muaither grabbed another goal in the seventy eighth minute of the game from the penalty spot. Al Sadd defender Abdelkarim Hassan brought down Muaither’s forward, Ayoub Ouadrassi in the penalty box with the referee pointed to the spot. Ayoub stepped up for the penalty and slotted it to the right to make it it 3-2.
Seconds later Sadd defender Abdelkarim Hassan made up for giving away the penalty by scoring a goal of his own to make it 4-2. The Qatari international smashed the ball with the outside of his left foot to give the Wolves all three points.
Stalemate between Umm Salal & Al Sailiya
The other 5.40pm QSL kick-off saw Umm Salal go up against league strugglers Al Sailiya at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium where the Orange Fortress were aiming to take their unbeaten streak to four games. Despite fans at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium witnessing a six goal thriller, it was a very different story at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium as fans witnessed a 0-0 stalemate which saw both teams leave with a point and a clean sheet.
After a lacklustre first half, with little to no clear chances from either team, both came out after the break with a new lease of life and began pressing and creating chances. Al Sailiya came out of the blocks the stronger and more determined team and if it were a game of two halves would have been unhappy to have left the second half empty handed after dominating in possession.
Al Sailiya’s number 14, Paul Efoulou, looked like one of the Peregrine’s most dangerous men and from the whistle began picking up the ball in Umm Salal’s half and running at the Orange Fortresses’ defence.
Umm Salal looked content to sit back and play on the counter, a tactic that nearly paid dividends on the 68th minute after Hilal Mohammed made a darting run into Al Sailiya’s half and struck a sweet ball to Umm Salal’s number 9, Tha'er Bawab, who despite finding himself in acres of space in the box was unable to control the ball and test the Peregrines keeper, Gregory Gomis.
Despite the possession drawing level, Al Sailiya looked the likelier of the two to score and with 74 minutes gone, Sayaf Al-Korbi found himself on the receiving end of a pin-point cross about 10 yards from the goal but was unable to put the header on target and it drifted wide of the post.
Umm Salal created just a handful of chances but on the 83rd minute, their big number 13, Yannick Sagbo, went shoulder-to-shoulder with Mubark Eid Al Saadi in Al Sailiya’s box, which led the far smaller defender wearing blue to fall to the ground and handle the ball within his own 18 yard box which drew loud penalty appeals from the Orange Fortress. Despite appeals from the men in white the referee waved on.
Just two minutes later Sagbo found himself in space within the 18 yard box and controlled a long loping pass beautifully on his chest before bringing the ball down and turning to shoot. Unfortunately for him, Al Sailiya’s goalkeeper, Gregory Gomis, was switched on and tracked the ball as it glided into his box and was well placed to smother the effort from the Umm Salal striker.
The best chance of the game fell to Al Sailiya substitute Abdulrauf Hussein Omer, who on the 91st minute found himself with a goalden chance. Unfotunately he scuffed his shot well wide. The tie ended 0-0,however the away side Al Sailiya will be disspaointed they didn’t come away from the tie with a win.
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