Al-Sadd overturned its delay against Al-Shamal to a valuable victory with three goals to one, in the confrontation that brought them together today, at the Grand Hamad Stadium, for the seventeenth round of the Qatar Football League (QNB Stars League) competitions. Al-Sadd restored the tone of victories after a draw with Al-Duhail with two goals for the same in the last round, raising its score to 32 points to consolidate its third position, and temporarily narrowing the difference to only four points from leaders Al-Duhail, who will face Qatar tomorrow / Saturday / in the same round, and two points from Al-Arabi, who finished second. , who will meet Al-Sailiya later today, while the balance of Al-Shamal, which suffered its tenth defeat this season, stopped at 14 points, to continue in ninth place temporarily. Al-Sadd was delayed early through its defender Khokhi Boualem, who scored the first goal for Al-Shamal in the third minute by mistake, before Boualem corrected his mistake, scoring the equalizer for his team in the 52nd minute, while Akram Afif added the second goal in the 73rd minute, before Boualem returned to score the goal. The second and third personal for his team in overtime (90 + 2). The match came at a medium technical level, and was overshadowed by defensive caution on both sides in light of their need for the three points, and the defending champion lacked focus in ending the attacks, and wrong passes abounded in the midfield. Al-Shamal surprised his opponent with a very early goal, when Argentine Matias Nani rose to a corner and turned it in front of the goal to find Boualem’s foot, which he accidentally turned into the net of goalkeeper Saad Al-Sheeb after less than three minutes, a goal that gave Al-Shamal a great morale boost that contributed to preserving that precedence by tightening the closure. The back areas and launching counterattacks kept Al Sadd’s goal in danger, so Fahd Waad tried to add a second goal, but Saad Al Sheeb managed to save the situation and deflect the ball into a corner kick. Baghdad Bounedjah missed the opportunity to adjust when he faced Al Shamal goalkeeper Abu Bakr Sik following a through pass from his colleague Akram Afif, but he did not handle it well, so the Al Shamal defense removed it at the right time, so the first half ended with Al Shamal advancing with a goal without a response. Al-Sadd, the league title holders in the last two editions, showed a great desire to return to the match at the beginning of the second half, and succeeded after seven minutes in the adjustment after the Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah passed a ball towards Boualem Khoukhi, who put it in the net in the 52nd minute. Boualem almost put the team Spanish coach Juanma Leo took the lead with a great shot from outside the area, but Al Shamal goalkeeper Abu Bakr Sik managed to nullify it in the 57th minute. Al Sadd continued their absolute advantage over the course, scoring the second goal when the ball reached Baghdad Bounedjah inside the area, passing the ball to Akram Afif, who fired it. Strong in the far corner of the goal of goalkeeper Abu Bakr Sik in the 73rd minute. Al-Shamal liberated itself from a defensive retreat after the delay, and searched for an equalizer through several opportunities, most notably the Iraqi Amjad Atwan’s powerful shot, but Al-Sadd goalkeeper Saad Al-Sheeb saved the situation, while the Moroccan striker Yassin’s attempts did not bear fruit. Bamo long shot to change the reality of his team’s delay. In light of Al-Shamal’s preoccupation with returning to the match, Boualem Khoukhi scored the goal of reassurance for Al-Sadd with a header that deceived Al-Shamal goalkeeper Abu Bakr Sik, and secured the result in favor of Akram Afif’s colleagues, who regained balance after a draw with Al-Duhail in the last round.
