Al-Gharrafa leopards drop the falcons

Al-Gharafa regained victories in the QNB Stars League, by defeating Umm Salal with two goals to one, within the seventeenth week, during the match that took place between them yesterday evening, at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium in Al-Gharafa Club. Al-Gharafa got the three points and raised its score to 26 points, in return, the balance of Umm Salal stopped at point 13. The goals of Al-Gharafa were scored by Yassin Ibrahimi and Ahmed Al-Janhi in the 35th and 56th minutes from a penalty kick, while the goal of Umm Salal Jawa scored a crack in the 94th minute. The match was strong. On the one hand, Al-Gharafa entered the meeting with a strong desire to regain its victories after losing to Al-Arabi in the last round. Indeed, Al-Gharafa imposed control over most of the first half, and was able to consolidate its position in the 35th minute, when the referee awarded a penalty kick as a result of Abdul Rahman Raafat touching the ball with his hand. Yassin Ibrahimi saved it, scoring the first goal for Al-Gharafa. On the other hand, Umm Salal did not appear throughout the half, as Al-Gharafa imposed its control and lost more than one ball in front of Khalifa Abu Bakr’s goal through Ahmed Al-Janahi, Abdullah Sir Al-Khatim and Ahmed Alaa. In the second half, the movements of Yassin Ibrahimi came to give more activity to the Al-Gharafa attack line, and the second goal came in the 56th minute, after the ball reached Ahmed Al-Janahi, who scored the second goal. With the end of the second half approaching, Umm Salal narrowed the difference through Jawa Taksira in the 94th minute, from a pass by Jordanian Yassin Al-Bakhit, so the match ended with Al-Gharafa winning 2-1. Ahmed Al-Janhi: We seek to make the fans happy. Ahmed Al-Janhi, the football team player at Al-Gharafa Club, praised the performance of the Al-Gharrafa Leopards in front of Umm Salal in the meeting that took place between the two teams yesterday, Friday. Al-Janahi added, “We captured the entire course of the match from the first minute to the last minute, and we aspired to come out with a clean sheet, but God’s destiny and what He willed did.” He concluded his speech by saying: Now we have a pause for about two weeks, and we will work together to continue raising morale high in order to return after the pause and continue with the distinguished results to please the fans.