Al Rayyan gained valuable experience from their friendly match against Ajax Amsterdam reserves; the match was played yesterday evening and ended 1-0 to the Dutch side.
 
Al Rayyan players demonstrated good performance during the game despite the loss and the head coach Fossati was able to try-out several players.
 
The team started the match with Omar Bari, Mohamed Jumaa, Abdel Hamid Enad, Nathan, Moussa Haroun, Hamed Ismail, Pascu, Hamad Al Obaidi, Tabata, Ahmed Alaa and Garcia.
 
The first minutes of the game were tough and strong from the Dutch side that scored in just the 3rd minute of the first half, after which Al Rayyan pressured as they looked to get a goal back. They had many opportunities and on the 12^th minute almost levelled the scores.
 
During the second half Head coach Fossati fielded three new players in the form of Saoud Al Hajri, Daniel Gomou and Mohamed Alaa. They replaced Omar Bari, Hamad Al Obaidi and Abdel Hamid Enad.
 
On the 47th minute, Ajax goalkeeper saved a shot from Tabata, and then new signing Garcia went just wide of the post with his shot.  
 
Fossati made a further two substitutions with Farid Hamed and Abdel Majid Enad replacing Ahmed Alaa and Pascu.
 
After that Fossati changed the formation and fielded Khalifa Al Ammari, Baru Siddiki, Abdel Rahman Al Kurbi, Abdel Hamid Enad, Sayyaf Al Kurbi, Mohamed Al Neili, Moaz Youssef and Abdel Karim Salem.