The excitement and suspense of the QNB Stars League competitions increased with its decisive and final turn just 3 rounds before the finish line, as the nineteenth round witnessed rapid and exciting events that shuffled the cards again, whether at the top and square level or in the relegation struggle to the second division. There is no doubt that the great fluctuations and abundant goals witnessed in the nineteenth week of the league championship contributed to the emergence of the game of chairs again at the top of the standings table after a long absence, as Al-Arabi rose to the fore instead of Al-Duhail, who retreated to second place, while Al-Sadd continued its crawl towards the top. steadily at a time when the features of the decline began to become clear little by little. A new stumbling block After his sudden exit from the Prince’s Football Championship at the hands of Shawaheen Al Sailiya in the quarter-finals, Al Duhail failed to maintain its lead in the Stars League standings table after suffering a new loss from Al Gharafa with two goals without a response, in a match during which the offensive line did not succeed. Al-Duhail, led by Kenyan Michael Olonga, scored goals, and it is the first match for Al-Duhail this season in which he is unable to score any goal in the opponent’s goal, which raises many questions about the reasons behind Al-Duhail’s decline, especially since the team needs to win in the remaining three rounds with A postponed match against Al Rayyan from the fifteenth round, in order to preserve its full chances of winning the league title. Well-deserved, Al-Arabi succeeded in occupying the top spot for the first time since the first section of the league, after the exciting rebound that he achieved at the expense of his traditional rival, Brigadier General Al-Ahlawy, in the Al-Hilal derby, after he overturned a two-goal deficit in the first half, with the goal of Jordanian Yazan Al-Naimat, to win 4- 3 Thanks to his two stars, Youssef Al-Masakni and Omar Al-Soma, bringing Al-Arabi’s balance to 43 points, he snatched the lead, taking advantage of the stumbling block of Al-Duhail, his first competitor for the title. In this exceptional season after an absence of more than 26 years. Al-Sadawi crawled The Al-Sadawi leader continued his crawl towards the front, taking advantage of the bilateral struggle between Al-Arabi and Al-Duhail, which contributed to slowing down the pace of collecting points for both teams over the past rounds, whether through a draw or a loss. And by defeating Al-Qatrawi with two unanswered goals in the nineteenth round, which is the fifth victory during the last 6 matches for Al-Zaeem, the team maintained its presence in third place, reducing the difference to only 4 points with Al-Duhail and 5 points with Al-Arabi Club, the leader. Although the task of competing for the title has become difficult for Al-Sadawi, with only 3 rounds remaining until the end, he is still concerned with the coronation accounts in the event that his competitors falter during the remaining rounds, and on the condition that he wins the three matches against Al-Rayyan, Al-Duhail and Al-Arabi. Strong competition for the square, Al-Gharafa and Al-Wakrah teams continue to compete strongly to finish the season inside the square, as Al-Gharafa’s victory over Al-Duhail made him maintain his presence among the big four after raising his score to 32 points, with which he finished fourth, while Al-Wakra regained the winning streak by beating Al-Shamal by five. Against a goal to finish fifth, two points behind Al Gharafa, which enhances the levels of excitement over the Golden Square during the remaining rounds. Five-way struggle 5 clubs are still involved in the accounts of the raging struggle to stay in the spotlight, with only 3 rounds remaining from the conclusion, which are Al-Markhiya, Al-Rayyan, Al-Shamal, Umm Salal and Al-Sailiya. The nineteenth round revealed new data in the relegation struggle, as Al-Sailiya and Al-Rayyan tied with two goals for the same, while Al-Shamal suffered a five-goal loss from Al-Wakra to freeze its balance at point 17 in the tenth place, while Umm Salal achieved a valuable victory at the expense of Al-Markhiya, with a score of 3-3. 2, to widen the difference with Al-Shawahin to 6 full points, while Al-Markhiya suffered a sixth consecutive defeat, to freeze its balance at point 18, in eighth place in the standings table. Offensive Efficiency The nineteenth round of the QNB Stars League witnessed a great abundance of goals, confirming the offensive efficiency witnessed in the six matches, as the offensive line of the league clubs, with the exception of Qatar and Al Duhail, managed to score 26 goals completely and completely. 3 for Al-Arabawiyyah, as well as the Al-Wakra and Al-Shamal match, with 6 goals, 5-1 for Al-Nawakhada. The scoring outcome of the nineteenth round is the second in terms of abundance after the 17th round, which witnessed the scoring of the largest number of goals this season with a total of 28 goals, while the sixth round ranks third with 23 goals, followed by the eleventh in fourth place with 21 goals. Dala took the lead in the Stars League’s top scorers race again after the end of the nineteenth round matches, as the Angolan striker Justino Dalla took the lead in the standings after he scored a brace against Al Shamal in the confrontation that Al Noukhaza ended in their favor with a score of 5-1, raising his tally to 15 goals, ahead of Kenyan striker Michael Olonga. Al-Duhail, whose score froze at 14 goals, occupied second place after failing to score any goal in its team’s match against Al-Gharafa in the confrontation that ended in favor of the Leopards with a clean double, while the Syrian Omar Al-Soma, the Al-Arabi striker, is also in second place with the same balance, followed by his teammate Youssef. Al-Masakni, with 13 goals, then Yohan Boli, Al-Rayyan player, with 11 goals, ranked fifth.
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