Al-Sadd achieved its second successive victory after beating Al-Sailiya 4-0 in the match that brought them together today in the sixteenth round of the Qatar League (QNB Stars League). The defending champion strengthened his third position after raising his score to point 28, reducing the difference with the second Arab to only three points, while Al-Sailiya suffered a loss after three matches, as he won one and tied on two occasions, to freeze his score at the ninth point in last place. Al-Sadd dominated all the details of the match after starting the attack early, and did not give the competition more than ten minutes, when the Spaniard Santi Cazorla sent a cross, which was met by the star, Akram Afif, and sent it towards the far corner, scoring the first goal. Al-Sadd continued its intense attack, with Brazilian Guillerme Torres scoring a second goal after a powerful shot from a long distance. Al-Sailiya goalkeeper Claude Amin was unable to prevent it from entering the net in the 25th minute, before the Algerian raised Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Ghala, taking advantage of Ali Asad’s pass inside the area to turn it into the goal, scoring. The third goal in the 31st minute. Al-Sailiya tried to get out of its backcourt after falling behind by three, so the Iranian Mehrdad Mohammadi threatened Al-Sadd goalkeeper Mishaal Barshim with a shot that passed near , while the referee canceled a goal scored by Sergio Carlos for offside in the 40th minute, so the first half ended with Al-Sadd advancing 3-0. Al Sadd coach Juanma Leo made substitutions at the beginning of the second half, to give some of his stars rest after guaranteeing the result, such as Baghdad, Najah, Ali Asad and Boualam Khoukhi, but that did not prevent his team from continuing to control and threaten, to score the fourth goal through Muhammad Badr Al-Sayyar, who took advantage of Musab Khader’s shot. The rebound was scored by goalkeeper Claude Amin and returned to the net in the 75th minute. The Moroccan striker, Ayoub Al-Kaabi, who joined the ranks of Al-Sadd recently, appeared in the last minutes and almost scored his first personal goal in his first participation, after he penetrated into the penalty area and fired a powerful shot that was sent away by goalkeeper Claude Amin in the 86th minute, so that the remaining time passed without anything new, and the match ended with a wide victory that strengthened Al-Sadd. His efforts to return to the competition to retain the title he won in the past two seasons.
On the other hand, Al-Wakrah team achieved a deserved victory over its counterpart Al-Markhiya (4-0) in the match that took place between them this evening at the stadium. "Thani bin Jassim" At Al-Gharafa Sports Club, at the end of the sixteenth round matches of the Qatar Football League / QNB Stars League /. And he took turns scoring the four goals, Muhammad Bin Yatto in the two minutes (3 and 70), Hazem Shehata in the minute (14), and substitute Youssef Abdel Razzak in the minute (90 + 1). Al-Wakra, with its sixth victory in the competition against five draws and four defeats, raised its score to 23 points and advanced to fourth place, on goal difference from both Al-Gharafa fifth and Qatar sixth, both of which have the same balance of points. On the other hand, Al Markhiya suffered its seventh defeat against four victories and three draws, to freeze its balance at 15 points in eighth place. At the same time, the Al-Sadd and Al-Sailiya match was held and ended in favor of the first (4-0), while earlier today the Al-Ahly and Al-Gharafa match was held and ended in a draw (1-1), while the round matches started yesterday, Thursday, with three matches, which resulted in Al-Duhail’s victory over Al-Arabi (3- 1), Al Shamal beat Qatar (3-0), and Al Rayyan and Umm Salal tied (1-1). The match between Al-Markhiya and Al-Wakrah was of a good level, especially by the latter, who had the advantage in the first half with a performance and a result after he scored two goals and missed several opportunities. For the attack, he organized counter-attacks that resulted in scoring two new goals. The beginning of the first half witnessed pressure from Al-Wakra in the hope of scoring an early goal, which was achieved after a long pass, after which Muhammad bin Yato was alone in the goal of Louay Ashour, the goalkeeper of Al-Markhiya, and put the ball to his left, scoring the goal of progress in the minute (3). Al-Wakra took advantage of the confusion of the Al-Markhiya players and doubled the score with a second goal in the 14th minute from a mistake by the Al-Markhiya goalkeeper. Hazem Shehata invested it and put the ball beautiful in the empty goal, after which Al-Wakra players missed several opportunities to score after Jacinto Dala hit the crossbar (21), then Khaled Mounir missed a goal. He achieved after turning the ball next to the left post of Al-Markhiya’s goal (36), after which Al-Markhiya’s defense saved Sainsbury Lucas’ header from the goal line (44), and finally Muhammad Bin Yato’s header, which passed next to the right post (45). On the other hand, Al-Markhiya did not perform in this half the expected performance on the defensive and offensive sides, and did not pose a real danger throughout the half against Amir Abdullah, Al-Wakra goalkeeper, except through shots from outside the goal. With the start of the second half, Al-Markhiya dominated the midfield and tried to reduce the difference without posing a real danger except through set pieces by player Idris Fotohi. On the other hand, Al-Wakra retreated to the center of its stadium and relied on the area’s defense while organizing counter-attacks, which posed a threat to Al-Markhiya’s goal at times. At a time when Al-Markhiya did not invest his control and attacking attempts, Al-Wakra took advantage of one of the counter-attacks and scored his third goal through Mohammed bin Yato, who got rid of the defense and single-handedly scored Al-Markhiya and put the ball strong to the left of the goalkeeper in the 70th minute, and before the end of the match, substitute player Youssef Abdul Razzaq added the fourth goal for Al-Wakra (90 + 1).
