Sadd posts 7th straight win

IKOLI VICTOR

DOHA AL SADD Sports Club extended its unbeaten run to seven Qatar Stars League match with a hard fought 2-1 win over Al Wakrah at the Al Sadd Stadium on Monday.

The result lifted Al Sadd to an unassailable 21 points, eight points ahead of its closest rivals Lekhwiya followed by Rayyan in third place.

It was Al Wakrah’s second consecutive loss, which leaves them with 11 points and fifth in the QSL table.

Khalfan Ibrahim of Al Sadd continued his good form, scoring his sixth goal of the season in the 15th minute of the match.

The striker had a sight of goal and shot the ball from outside the box to beat goalkeeper Hassan Idris. Raul Gonzalez and Mamadou Niang played their part in the goal, with Niang credited with the assist.

In the second half Wakrah took advantage of some mixup in the Sadd defence to level the score with a goal from Ahmed Kahil in the 51st minute.

Algerian defender Nadir Belhadj made the victory certain scoring a goal in the 57th minute with a shot from the edge of the box to beat Idris for the second time.

Elsewhere, Rayyan compounded the woes of Al Kharaitiyat with a 2-1 victory at the Al Khor Stadium. Jarallah Ali scored two goals in the second half before Yahia Kebe reduced the deficit in added time. Jarallah scored in the 72nd and 92nd minute for Rayyan and Kebe scored in the 93rd.

Kharaitiyat is yet to win a QSL match this season and sits at the bottom of the QSL table after seven matches.

In another QSL fixture on Monday, Al Gharafa returned to winning ways as it rallied from behind to beat Al Khor 2- 1 at the Thani Bin Jassim Stadium.

The opening half ended goalless, and in the second half Brazilian Julio Cesar scored from the penalty spot in the 61st minute. Another Brazilian Diego equalised for Gharafa in the 70th minute and Fahid al Shammari made sure all three points are secured, when he added the second with twelve minutes remaining on the clock.

The result lifted Gharafa to seventh on the league table with 9 points, while Al Khor is stuck at 6 points and dropped to the ninth position.

Khor was awarded a penalty kick in the 59th minute through an incursion on Madson, who was fouled inside the box, and Julio Cesar took the kick to the right of goalkeeper Qasem Burhan, who dived to the left.

Gharafa pressed in search of a goal to restore parity, got a deserved equaliser from Tardelli in the 70th minute.

Within eight minutes, Gharafa got a corner kick and the resultant cross saw goalkeeper Baba Jibril beaten to the ball by Fahid as the ball sailed into the net in the 78th minute.

Four minutes were added by referee but the Gharafa defensive quartet of Bilal Mohammed, Hamed Shami, George Kwasi and Ali Mohannadi held their own against the Brazilian attacking pair of Cesar and Sergin.

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