2023-12-21 17:49:56
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December 21, 2023, 08:42 PM
Al-Ahly regains balance in the league and surpasses Al-Duhail, the defending champion
Doha – Qena
Al-Ahly restored balance in the Qatari Football League (Expo Stars League), achieving a well-deserved victory over Al-Duhail, the defending champion, by five goals to three in the twelfth round of the tournament.
Al-Duhail defender Youssef Ayman scored by mistake once morest his team in the second minute, Jordanian Yazan Al-Naimat (7), Frenchman Omar Sekou scored two goals in the 35th and 80th minutes, and Tunisian Naeem Al-Saliti (90 + 5), while Al-Muez Ali scored in the minute (90+5). 31), Ismail Mohamed (45+5) and Mohamed Muntari (83).
Al-Ahly overcame the previous two losses, raising its score to point 12 and advancing to ninth place. On the other hand, Al-Duhail’s troubles doubled, as it suffered its third loss in a row and fifth in the tournament, and its score froze at point 17 in sixth place.
Al-Ahly started the match perfectly, following taking an early lead with a goal accidentally scored by Al-Duhail defender Youssef Ayman when Tunisian Naeem Al-Seliti diverted a free kick into his team’s goal in the second minute.
Only five minutes had passed until Al-Ahly doubled their lead with another defensive error, as Jordanian striker Yazan Al-Naimat snatched a ball from Asim Madibo, passed the goalkeeper and put the ball into the empty goal in the 7th minute.
Al-Duhail rose up following falling behind, and exerted great pressure on Al-Ahly’s goal until it was able to reduce the difference when Ismail Muhammad sent a cross, which Al-Moez Ali met with a header into the net in the 31st minute, but Al-Ahly restored the two-goal difference following only four minutes when Jordanian Yazan Al-Naimat sent a ball towards the goal. Frenchman Omar Sekou turned it into the goal, scoring the third goal for his team.
The exchange of scoring continued between the two teams, as Al-Duhail narrowed the gap once more, when Al-Moez Ali penetrated into the penalty area and passed a ball to Ismail Mohamed, which the latter put into the net in stoppage time of the first half, which ended with Al-Ahly leading by three goals to two.
Al-Duhail entered the second half with offensive pressure in search of a comeback in the score. Ismail Mohammed passed a cross through the middle of the defence, which Al-Moez Ali met with a shot, but goalkeeper Marawan Sharif intervened and removed the danger from his goal in the 54th minute.
Al-Duhail won a penalty kick following Ibrahim Bamba was obstructed by Al-Ahly defender Yassin Abdullah, but intervention from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology canceled the goal in the 72nd minute.
In light of Al-Duhail’s offensive pressure, Al-Ahly relied on counterattacks, investing one of them to score the fourth goal when substitute Naweed Mohammed passed the ball towards Omar Sekou, who fired it powerfully into the net in the 80th minute.
Al-Duhail responded quickly when Sultan Al-Breik penetrated from the left side and sent a cross ball that was converted by Mohamed Muntari into the net in the 83rd minute, keeping his team’s hope of making amends.
Al-Duhail threw its attacking weight into the remaining time in order to come out with a draw, but Al-Ahly’s counterattacks accomplished the task with a fifth goal through Naeem Al-Seliti, who took advantage of the pass of the German substitute Julian Draxler, passed the goalkeeper and put the ball into the net in the minute (90 + 5), securing the victory for his valuable team. At the expense of the title holder.
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