Al Sadd Football club qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage after defeating Al Wehda (UAE) 5-4 in penalties.The match which was played on Tuesday evening in Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi. With this win Al Sadd joined Group C along with Al-Hilal (KSA), Foolad (Iran) and Lokomotiv (Uzbekistan). It was a very exciting match which in the end could only be decided by a penalty shoot-out. Both the 90 minutes and the extra time ended in a draw 4-4.
Al Wehda was in lead by a goal on the 8th minute courtesy of Diaz. Al Sadd waited till the 55th minute to score their first goal when Youssef Ahmed hit the back of the net. Then Al-Sadd took the lead courtesy play maker Khalfan Ibrahim but Al-Wehda equalized in the 72nd minute through Amer Omar followed by the third goal from Mohamed Al-Shehy. Khalfan Ibrahim succeeded in scoring Al Sadd's third to make it 3-3 after 90 minutes.
Both teams played extra time and the referee sent-off two players from Al Wehda as well as Al Sadd's defender Mohamed Kasola.
Khalfan continued to shine by scoring the fourth goal on the 8th minute of the first half of extra time, but Ismail Mutar kept the hopes of his team alive by scoring the equalizing goal on the 2nd minute of the second half of extra time.
Al Sadd goalkeeper Saad Al-Sheib excelled during the penalty shoot-out with two saves and eventually led his team to the group stage.
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