Doha: Fahad Khalfan Albulushi fired a hat-trick as Al Sailiya thrashed Qatar SC 8-0 in Round 5 (Group B) of the 2021-2022 season Ooredoo Cup match at Al Wakrah Stadium yesterday.
Ramin Rezaeian (5th minute), Mashaal Qassim Al-Shammari (10th minute), Albulushi (30th minute, 47th minute and 65th minute) Mohammed Muddather (44th minute), Saad Al Sowan (77th minute) and M Saleh Elneel (85th minute) scored the goals for Al Sailiya.
It was Al Sailiya’s first win in Ooredoo Cup this season as Qatar SC failed to add to their solitary win after four matches.
Al Sailiya wasted little time in dominating the proceedings. A Sailiyah opened the scoring through Rezaeian in the 5th minute.
In the 10th minute, Al Sailiya doubled their lead. Muddather found Al Shammari with a neat cross from the wing. Al Shammari, lurking on the right of Qatar SC goalmouth, tapped the ball and then slipped a shot past keeper Albustami with a left-footed drive from inside the box.
Exactly at the half-hour mark, Albulushi’s header off a corner kick taken by Rezaeian gave Al Sailiyah a 3-0 cushion.
A minute before the close of the first half, Muddather scored Al Sailiya’s fourth goal to wrap up a convincing show by coach Sami Trebelsi.
Just two minutes into the second half, Albulushi scored his second of the match and his team’s fifth goal with a close-range tap after a cross from Muddather.
Albulushi completed his hat-trick when he drilled a shot from close range in the 65th minute. Al Khor beat Al Gharafa 4-2 in other Group B match at Al Khor Stadium, yesterday.
Kayke Rodrigues (44th minute), Anas Ahmed Ibrahim (45 + 4) and Rafael Vaz Dos Santos (68th minute) scored the three goals for Al Khor. Al Gharafa’s Saifeldeen Fadlalla scored an own goal in injury time.
Al Gharafa’s Sofiane Hanni (59th minute, penalty) and Cheick Diabete reduced the deficit in the second half.
