Al Sadd’s Hassan Al Haydos (left) vies for ball possession with an Al Sailiya player during their QNB Stars League match in Doha yesterday.
Doha: Holders Al Duhail continued their winning run by beating Umm Salal 2-0 in Week 8 of the QNB Stars League yesterday.
Nam Tae-Hee (13th minute) and Almoez Ali (90+3) scored the goals for the hosts who took their points to 19.
Umm Salal’s three-match winning run thus came to an end. The Orange Fortress stayed on 13 points. Al Duhail created more chances throughout. Umm Salal showed more alacrity in the second half during which they were unlucky not to have scored a goal that would have helped them pull off a draw and a valuable point as the rivals struck a second time at the fag end of the game.
The first goal came off the boots of South Korean attacking midfielder Nam with a deflection off Umm Salal defender Mohammed Kassola’s body.
Umm Salal showed more purpose in the second session. However, a goal eluded them, with Sagbo sending an opportunistic strike straight to Khalifa and Syrian striker Mahmoud Al Mawas unleashing a bullet shot over the horizontal.
Al Duhail’s second goal came off a counter-attack. Moroccan striker Yousef El Arabi found Edmilson on the right and the latter found an unmarked Almoez who only had to apply the finishing touch deep into the game. In the second match, Al Sadd and Al Sailiya shared points in an one-all draw.
